Thursday, 3 December 2015
Just quickly...
I wrote an account of the amazing building housing Singapore's new National Gallery, for the UK Telegraph. If you're interested, click here.
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
This Week in Asian Review of Books
See the Asian Review of Books for ever-interesting discussion. Here are links to its newest reviews, excerpts, letters, essays, listings, translations, news items, and round ups:
Asian books among the New York Times 100 Notable for 2015, and ARB reviews
Conquerors: How Portugal Seized the Indian Ocean and Forged the First Global Empireby Roger Crowley reviewed by Jame DiBiasio
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016 shortlist and ARB reviews
Muslim, Trader, Nomad, Spy: China’s Cold War and the People of the Tibetan Borderlands by Sulmaan Wasif Khan reviewed by Glyn Ford
Cathay: Ezra Pound’s Orient by Ira Nadel reviewed by Kerry Brown
Conquerors: How Portugal Seized the Indian Ocean and Forged the First Global Empireby Roger Crowley reviewed by Jame DiBiasio
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016 shortlist and ARB reviews
Muslim, Trader, Nomad, Spy: China’s Cold War and the People of the Tibetan Borderlands by Sulmaan Wasif Khan reviewed by Glyn Ford
Cathay: Ezra Pound’s Orient by Ira Nadel reviewed by Kerry Brown
Sunday, 29 November 2015
Thursday, 26 November 2015
500 Words From Tim Hannigan
500 Words
From...is a series of guest posts from authors writing about Asia, published by
Asia-based, or Asia-focussed, publishing houses, in which they talk about their
latest books. Here UK-based Tim Hannigan talks about A Brief History of
Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast
Asia's Largest Nation, published by Tuttle, a company specialising in books
that build bridges between East and West.
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
This Week in Asian Review of Books
See the Asian Review of Books for ever-interesting discussion. Here are links to its newest reviews, excerpts, letters, essays, listings, translations, news items, and round ups:
God is the Light of the Heavens and the Earth: Light in Islamic Art and Culture, edited by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair reviewed by Peter Gordon
New fiction: Yan Geling’s Disappointing Returns by Dave Haysom
Emerging from the cocoon: literary culture in Myanmar by Ellen Wiles
Seahorse by Janice Pariat reviewed by Jane Wallace
New fiction: Yan Geling’s Disappointing Returns by Dave Haysom
Emerging from the cocoon: literary culture in Myanmar by Ellen Wiles
Seahorse by Janice Pariat reviewed by Jane Wallace
Sunday, 22 November 2015
Thursday, 19 November 2015
Published Today: Little Aunt Crane by Geling Yan
About the book: In the last days of World War Two, the Japanese
occupation of Manchuria has collapsed. As the Chinese move in, the elders of
the Japanese settler village of Sakito decide to preserve their honour by
killing all the villagers in an act of mass suicide. Only 16-year-old Tatsuru
escapes. But Tatsuru’s trials have just begun, and she falls into the hands of
human traffickers. She is sold to a wealthy Chinese family, where she becomes
Duohe – the clandestine second wife to their only son, and the secret bearer of
his children. Against all odds, Duohe and the first wife Xiaohuan put aside
their differences and form an unlikely friendship, united by the unshakeable
bonds of motherhood and family. Spanning several tumultuous decades of Mao’s
rule, Little Aunt Crane is a novel
about love, overcoming adversity, and how humanity endures in the most unlikely
of circumstances.
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