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Human Acts by Han Kang Hong, Han Kang
From the internationally bestselling author of “The Vegetarian,” a rare and astonishing (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the …
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
3 stars
In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more …
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Victory City by Salman Rushdie
A 247-year-old demi-god chronicles the birth and death of Bisnaga, a city she created and occasionally ruled.
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Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu
A NPR, Electric Lit, and Entropy Best Book of the Year A Washington Post , Shondaland , NPR Books, Parade …
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Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang
The residents of Haven, Wisconsin, have dined on the Fine Chao Restaurant’s delicious Americanized Chinese food for thirty-five years, happy …
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The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
4 stars
In this taut and explosive debut novel, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program …
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"A novel about a young Chinese woman whose graduate studies in chemistry go off track and lead her to discover …
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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
4 stars
From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those …
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From the award winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine, a tour de …
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In the Tokyo suburbs four women work the draining graveyard shift at a boxed-lunch factory. Burdened with chores and heavy …
