Banned in Vietnam until 1986, Dumb Luck--by the controversial and influential Vietnamese writer Vu Trong Phung--is a bitter satire of the rage for modernization in Vietnam during the late colonial era…
One of the last decade's ten most influential books in China, this internationally acclaimed novel by one of the mainland's most important contemporary writers provides an unflinching portrait of life…
From the author of Brothers and China in Ten Words this celebrated contemporary classic of Chinese literature was also adapted for film by Zhang Yimou. This searing novel, originally banned in China b…
Hillbrow is a microcosm of the changing South African psyche. This novel links Hillbrow, rural Tiragalong and Oxford, and contains the shattered dreams of youth, sexuality and its unpredictable costs,…
It was 1994 when Xinran, a journalist and the author of The Good Women of China, received a telephone call asking her to travel four hours to meet an oddly dressed woman who had just crossed the borde…
Cuốn hồi ký gồm những câu chuyện về những thăng trầm cuộc đời của bà Nguyễn Thị Xuân Phượng từ năm 1945. Vào những năm 1967, khi đang là bác sĩ công tác tại Ủy ban Liên lạc văn hóa với người nước ngoà…
كبر الفراغ في قلبي فأوجعني وأوجعتني خيبتي، خيبة من ظن أنه وَجَدَ ثم أدرك أنه ضيع ما وجد. هل كنت أحلم؟ أكان كابوسًا؟ أركض في السوق من زقاق إلى آخر ولا أصل؟ سقطت عيني على قدميَّ المغبرتين، قدميَّ اللتين…
