Asia

Tonight is the opening night. There are birds perched everywhere, on the power lines, the guy ropes, the strings of light that festoon the tent … when I think of...

As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman— a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut French-Korean author.It's winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and North...

Longlisted for the Women’s Prize 2023There are the goodbyes and then the fishing out of the bodies – everything in between is speculation.One night, not long after the last American...

Flavors and Memories from My Grandmother's KitchenThis beautifully designed guide to Vietnamese home cooking and comfort food goes beyond restaurant fare to explore the vibrant, fresh flavours of a cuisine...

A novel in stories A startling and vivid debut novel in stories from acclaimed poet and translator Fiona Sze-Lorrain, featuring deeply compelling Asian women who reckon with the past, violence,...

Translated by Aneesa Abbas HigginsFrom the author of Winter in Sokcho, which won the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature.The days are beginning to draw in. The sky is...