Asia

An exquisite debut novel weaving together the voices of three young women in Japan and the UK as the threads of their lives twist and entangle in unexpected ways 'Heart-shatteringly...

A coming-of-age tale of love and cultural reconnection set in modern-day Kuala Lumpur KATIE CHEN, 16, lives in the unremarkable suburb of Narre Warren in Australia with her somewhat reclusive...

An Alternative History of IdentityA slave woman in 1840s America dresses as a white, disabled man to escape to freedom, while a twenty-first-century Black rights activist is ‘cancelled’ for denying...

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...

The debut novel from one of the National Book Foundation's 2018 5 Under 35Ada has always been unusual. Her parents prayed her into existence, but something must have gone awry....

Winner of the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Prize for Literature The inaugural winner of The Novel Prize, an international biennial award established by Giramondo (Australia), Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK) and New Directions...

Translated by Meredith WeatherbyLong regarded as one of the most important novels to appear in post-war Japan, Confessions of a Mask is an allegory of a lonely boy’s yearning quest...