Asia

A story of love tested to its limits by moral dilemmas, and the beauty and fragility of childhood friendships. 1964 - Karachi, Pakistan. Rozeena will lose her home, her parents'...

They say a tiger that devours too many humans can take the form of a man and walk among us... In 1930s colonial Malaya, a dissolute British doctor receives a...

* All copies have been signed by the author! * Moving between cities and generations, Amma follows three women on very different paths, against a backdrop of shifting cultures. As circumstance and misunderstanding...

Available in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters in post-war Japan, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Snow CountryWith the Second World War...

Some people think foxes go around collecting qi, or life force, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking...

Through the life of a remarkable woman—based on pioneering stage director Sun Weishi (1921–1968)—this epic novel immerses us in the multifaceted history of China’s Communist Party. A powerful, insightful account...

In Song Dynasty China, a young servant of a magistrate searches for the killers of a mentally-disabled boy shunned by the community China, during the Song Dynasty: In a small...

A gripping and heart-wrenching novel of damage and survival, grief and unexpected solace, Marilyn and Me is a fascinating — and timely — insight into an extraordinary time and place...

An Observer Best Book of 2020'A story of quiet striving and determination, of love and friendship' — GuardianIt is New Year's Eve, 1960. Hashim has left behind his homeland and...

Translated by Carlos RojasA laugh-out-loud political and sexual satire about the Chinese Cultural Revolution, by the acclaimed author of Serve The People! Hard Like Water is a brilliant satire about...

Born into the grinding poverty of peasant life in the Chinese village of Lung Sun, Ah Pah had little expectation of ever venturing far from the village. But, orphaned at...

1426, Joseon, Korea. Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found unconscious in the forest, near a gruesome crime...

*Shortlisted for the Small Press Network 2021 Book of the Year Award* The Tiniest House of Time is more than a family saga, ranging across continents and decades seamlessly, from...

Born to an Indian maharaja and a British noblewoman, Princess Sarani Rao has it all: beauty, riches, and a crown. But when Sarani's father is murdered, her only hope is...

Mia Kim's debut novel, set in ‘60s post-war Korea, is a harrowing story of Su-young's life with her aunt and her family. After a series of disastrous stays in various...

Translated by Sora Kim-RussellHow friendship, European literature, and a charismatic professor defy war, oppression, and the absurdSet in 1980s South Korea amid the tremors of political revolution, I'll Be Right...

On the night of the Tiananmen Square massacre, a woman gives birth alone in a Beijing hospital. Years later, her daughter Liya travels from America to China with her mother's...

Alan Noland discovers his father's memoirs about the atrocities he committed in the Dutch East Indies during the war with Japan – and Alan begins to understand how war transformed...

Sunlight on a Broken Column, first published in 1961, is an unforgettable coming-of-age story set against the turbulent background of Partition.'My life changed. It had been restricted by invisible barriers...

The Old Capital is one of the three works for which Yasunari Kawabata won the 1968 Nobel Prize for Literature. Set in Kyoto — the old capital of Japan for...

Spanning more than half a century and cities from New Delhi to Atlanta, Anjali Enjeti’s debut is a heartfelt and human portrait of the long shadow of the Partition of...

A prizewinning literary epic of the subcontinent, nature, climate and love.** The phenomenal Indian bestseller ****Winner of the Tata Lit Live Best First Book of the Year Award **'Intense, lyrical,...

An NPR Best Book of the YearA CrimeReads Historical Fiction Best Book of the YearAt a chance encounter at a Berlin soirée in 1928, the photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captures three...

The redoubtable Perveen Mistry makes her triumphant return to solve a shocking murder on the streets of 1920s BombayNovember, 1921. Edward VIII, Prince of Wales and future ruler of India,...

Haunted by a childhood tragedy, a man looks back on his past and rediscovers a new meaning to his life.In The Dogs, Guan, a middle-aged man, decides to move back...

Translated by Muhammad HajiA history of the Malay Peninsula and the islands of the ArchipelagoThe Genealogy of Kings (Malay — Sulalat al-Salatin or Sejarah Melayu, is a literary work that...

Translated from the Chinese by Gigi Chang and Shelly BryantTHE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" — NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN...

A haunting and elegiac love story set in a spoiled paradise, as vital and as relevant today as when it was first published.A single lighted match banishes Triton from his...

The highly-anticipated new novel from the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter's Daughter. On an ill-fated art expedition of the Southern Shan State in Burma, eleven...

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021, a thrilling and heartbreaking story of love, family, survival and betrayal from the prize-winning author of The Year of the RunawaysMehar, a young bride...

Winner of the 2019 Mary Higgins Clark AwardWinner of the 2019 Lefty Award for Best Historical NovelWinner of the the 2018 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel'Perveen Mistry is a...

'Do you know what it was like here? You wouldn't believe the glamour. We had our own film studio, redbrick houses for the stars, even Jackie Chan. Now look at...

ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S 'TEN DEBUT NOVELISTS' OF 2021Delhi, 1946. Ma and Bappu are liberal intellectuals teaching at the local university. Their fourteen year-old daughter — precocious, headstrong Alma —...

A deeply moving novel about tradition, love, war and the sorrow & hope exile will bring.'The women arrive first, on an afternoon like any other, when Henna is safely enclosed...

In writing her sister Annie's eulogy, Kathy reflects on the complexities that shaped their family and their identities.It’s winter in Logan, south-east Queensland, and still warm enough to sleep in...

Moving between two continents over a troubled century, We Are All Birds of Uganda is a multi-layered, moving and immensely resonant novel of generational love, loss and what it means...

Gripping, immersive, and full of Vaseem Khan's trademark wit, this is historical fiction at its finest.A priceless manuscript. A missing scholar. A trail of riddles.Bombay, 1950. For over a century,...

Set in Joseon Dynasty-era Korea, this evocative YA debut follows a sixteen-year-old indentured servant within the police bureau who becomes entangled in the politically-charged investigation into the murder of a...

He gave up happiness for duty but destiny will not let him go.After twenty years of searching, King Waluyo finally gets his son back. He cannot understand why his beloved...

Reissued to mark the 40th anniversary of Rushdie's masterpiece, this edition carries a new introduction written for the occasionBorn at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's...

Translated by TulachandraThe story of a young modern Siamese girl and her quest for true love, Prisna Volume 1 and Volume 2 take place in 1938 in Phra Nakhon, Thailand,...

Translated by Khalid Hasan and Muhammad Umar MemonStories encircling the marginalized, forgotten lives of Bombay, set against the backdrop of the India-Pakistan Partition, this is by far the most comprehensive...

This is the story of an unusual and lifelong friendship between two Afghan women, spanning from the idyllic mid 1950s to post-September 11 Kabul. Bound by tragedy and fate, by...

A novel by Pankaj Mishra, author of RUN AND HIDE and AGE OF ANGERWINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION1989. In the holy city of...

Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949. As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Persis Wadia stands vigil in the basement of Malabar House, home to the city's...

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Devastating' Daily Telegraph’Heartbreaking' The Times’Unforgettable' Isabel Allende'Haunting' IndependentAfghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help...

The Sweetest Fruits circumnavigates the globe, introducing three unforgettable women connected by their love for one man. They narrate their own stories and their intrepid search for love and belonging.Monique...

Amalie Howard whisks you away with a historical romance full of drama, true love, and the perfect happily ever after. Sometimes, finding love means flouting the rules... Born to a...

Pretty Woman meets the Bridgertons in this witty, vivacious historical take on 90s romcoms by USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard.Lord Lysander Blackstone, the stern Duke of Montcroix, has only...

'A long-time confidante of the rain and snow, I am ninety years old. The rain and snow have weathered me, and I too have weathered them'At the end of the...