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  • The Blood of Gutoku Quick View
    • The Blood of Gutoku Quick View
    • World Literature, World Literature from Japan
    • The Blood of Gutoku

    • GBP 12.29
    • A Jack Riddley Mystery in Japan by J. W. Traphagan Jack Riddley is an anthropologist all too ready to retire - he is done with university politics and is eager to start his new life in a sleepy village in northern Japan. What wasn't involved in his retirement plan is for a murder to occur just as he arrives in…
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  • The Chilli Bean Paste Clan Quick View
    • The Chilli Bean Paste Clan Quick View
    • World Literature, World Literature from China
    • The Chilli Bean Paste Clan

    • GBP 13.99
    • by Yan Ge English Pen Translates Award Set in a fictional town in West China, this is the story of the Duan-Xue family, owners of the lucrative chilli bean paste factory, and their formidable matriarch. As Gran’s eightieth birthday approaches, her middle-aged children get together to make preparations. Family secrets are revealed and long-time sibling rivalries flare up with renewed…
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  • The Pidgin Warrior Quick View
    • The Pidgin Warrior Quick View
    • World Literature, World Literature from China, Young-Adult
    • The Pidgin Warrior

    • GBP 12.99
    • by Zhang Tianyi   Translated from the Chinese by David Hull   “Satiric brilliance and unusual comic verve.” — C. T. Hsia, A History of Modern Chinese Fiction In the 1930s, wartime Shanghai is a cosmopolitan metropolis where conmen and dance-hall girls mingle with refugees streaming in from the occupied areas. One of those refugees is Shi Zhaochang.  Having read…
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  • The Ventriloquist’s Daughter Quick View
    • The Ventriloquist’s Daughter Quick View
    • World Literature, World Literature from Taiwan, Young-Adult
    • The Ventriloquist’s Daughter

    • GBP 12.99
    • by Lin Man-Chiu Found in Translation Anthology 2015   After the tragic death of Liur's mother, her father, a thwarted artist working as a doctor in the family hospital, is overcome with grief. He goes to study in America, leaving six-year-old Liur in the care of her grandparents, promising to return with a special doll for her. But instead of…
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  • Voyage of Pearl of the Seas Quick View
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    • Young-Adult
    • Voyage of Pearl of the Seas

    • GBP 9.99
    • by Ruth Finnegan ``A tale for young readers draws on the enchantments of sea travel.   Inspired variously by the Odyssey, William Blake’s cosmologies, Rumi’s poems, and Charles Kingsley’s stories for youngsters, this novel embraces the magic of childhood imagining. Kate and Chris, along with Kate’s loyal dog, Holly, swim and frolic on a summer shore. A ship built from driftwood…
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  • Wholly Esenin: Poems by Sergei Esenin Quick View
    • Wholly Esenin: Poems by Sergei Esenin Quick View
    • Poetry, World Literature, World Literature from Europe
    • Wholly Esenin: Poems by Sergei Esenin

    • GBP 13.99
    • Translated from the Russian, Notes and Commentary by Roger Pulvers. "If you want to know how Russians feel about their country, read the poetry of Sergei Esenin. "The 'old plank bridge' spans not only eras but centuries; not only one Russia with another, but Russia with the rest of the world." So writes acclaimed author and translator Roger Pulvers about…
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  • Again I See the Gaillardias Quick View
    • Again I See the Gaillardias Quick View
    • World Literature, World Literature from Taiwan, Young-Adult
    • Again I See the Gaillardias

    • GBP 12.99
    • by Li Tong Winner of the 1986 Hong Chien-Chuan Children's Literature Award and the 1989 Yang Huan Literature Award   Through misunderstanding, sympathy, reconciliation and love, seven schoolchildren forged an abiding friendship in their hometown Penghu, a cluster of islands in the Taiwan Strait. Brought together by their Arts and Crafts teacher, the children learned to cherish their friendship and…
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  • Love and Other Moods Quick View
    • Love and Other Moods Quick View
    • World Literature
    • Love and Other Moods

    • GBP 11.99
    • by Crystal Z. Lee “This heartfelt, transporting story sparkles with a constellation of characters who call this city home while pursuing their China dream. As multifaceted as Shanghai itself, this novel follows overlapping narratives about the complexities of adulting, of parenting, of the urban quest for love and finding one’s place in the world.” —Emily Ting, film director of Go…
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  • Masked Dolls Quick View
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    • World Literature, World Literature from Taiwan
    • Masked Dolls

    • GBP 12.99
    • Author: Shih Chiung-Yu "Masked Dolls is one of those rare books which after reading reveals itself to be greater than the sum of its parts. Brutal, intense, fascinating." - The Writes of Woman "Set in turn-of-the-century Seoul and Taipei, Shih Chiung-yu’s novel depicts what it means to be a woman reconciling the scars of a tortured past with living in…
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  • Peaceful Circumstances Quick View
    • Peaceful Circumstances Quick View
    • World Literature
    • Peaceful Circumstances

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    • by Roger Pulvers Eric is a black American soldier stationed in Japan at the height of the Vietnam War. Karen is a white American student who falls in love with him. Eric is about to be sent to the front line in Vietnam. But he refuses to kill … and the two go into hiding in Tokyo, pursued by both…
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  • Unrest Quick View
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    • World Literature, World Literature from Southeast Asia, World Literature from Taiwan
    • Unrest

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    • by Yeng Pway Ngon   When the fervour of revolution is gone, what remains? Four leftist teenagers in 1950s Malaya dedicate themselves to overthrowing colonialism and bringing about a better world. With time, their paths diverge — into capitalism, into adultery, into the dark heart of the Cultural Revolution. Disillusioned and middle-aged, they look back at their lives from the…
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    • Listen World! Quick View
    • Hearing Others' Voices
    • Listen World!

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    • by Evelyn Glennie “This book is an invitation to tap into the wonders of listening, what that means to you and everything you engage in. What happens when you engage with the chatter in your head? When you travel to school and college. Is listening only about sound or can our whole body be a resonating chamber? Is listening about…
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