The Asian Culture Bookshelf
Explore The Asian Culture Bookshelf—your ultimate guide to the finest Asian literature. Discover must-read books spanning classics, modern works, and hidden gems that celebrate Asia's rich cultural heritage.
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The Tale of Genji
by Murasaki Shikibu
The world’s first novel, in a translation that is “likely to be the definitive edition . . . for many years to come” (The Wall …
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The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories
by Yasunari Kawabata
A collection of twenty-three stories from one of the most influential figures in modern Japanese literature. Yasunari Kawabata is widely known for his innovative short …

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Snow Country
by Yasunari Kawabata
This masterpiece from the Nobel Prize-winning author and acclaimed writer of Thousand Cranes is a powerful tale of wasted love set amid the desolate beauty …
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The Lady and the Monk
by Pico Iyer
When Pico Iyer decided to go to Kyoto and live in a monastery, he did so to learn about Zen Buddhism from the inside, to …
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Red Sorghum
by Mo Yan
A story of Northeast Gaomi Township narrated omnisciently by a young man at the end of the cultural revolution.

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Red Azalea
by Anchee Min
A revelatory and disturbing portrait of China, this is Anchee Min’s celebrated memoir of growing up in the last years of Mao’s China. As a …
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An Autobiography
by Mohandas K. Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography he recounts the story of his life and …
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The Quiet American
by Graham Greene
The relentless struggle of the Vietminh guerrillas for independence and the futility of the French gestures of resistance become inseparably meshed with the personal and …
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