Winter In Sokcho (Korea), The Pachinko Parlour (Japan), and Vladivostok Circus (Russia), all by Elisa Shua Dusapin. Translated from French
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James Balwid- Giovanni’s room
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Egypt: The Cairo Trilogy – Naguib Mahfouz ( or Children of Gebelawi)
Turkey: My Name is Red – Orhan Pamuk
Persia: 1001 Arabian Nights, translated by Hussein Haddawy. Best translation in my opinion I won’t hear otherwise.
Ghana: Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi (ok there’s US in it too but it still counts!)
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Anything by Orhan Pamuk, but my favorites are My Name is Red and A Strangeness in my Mind.
Also anything by Naguib Mahfouz. I loved the beginning of the Cairo Trilogy, but as the characters fell away I have to admit I lost interest. Akhenaten Dweller in Truth was beautifully written and a really interesting idea. Children of Gebelawi is amazing.
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I’ve read so many books I love set in Japan – Newcomer by Higashino (mystery), The Hole by Oyamada (surreal fantasy), All the Lovers in the Night and Heaven by Kawakami (fiction)…
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Winter In Sokcho (Korea), The Pachinko Parlour (Japan), and Vladivostok Circus (Russia), all by Elisa Shua Dusapin. Translated from French
James Balwid- Giovanni’s room
Egypt: The Cairo Trilogy – Naguib Mahfouz ( or Children of Gebelawi)
Turkey: My Name is Red – Orhan Pamuk
Persia: 1001 Arabian Nights, translated by Hussein Haddawy. Best translation in my opinion I won’t hear otherwise.
Ghana: Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi (ok there’s US in it too but it still counts!)
Anything by Orhan Pamuk, but my favorites are My Name is Red and A Strangeness in my Mind.
Also anything by Naguib Mahfouz. I loved the beginning of the Cairo Trilogy, but as the characters fell away I have to admit I lost interest. Akhenaten Dweller in Truth was beautifully written and a really interesting idea. Children of Gebelawi is amazing.
I’ve read so many books I love set in Japan – Newcomer by Higashino (mystery), The Hole by Oyamada (surreal fantasy), All the Lovers in the Night and Heaven by Kawakami (fiction)…
The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns
The traveling cat Chronicles,
Black water sister by Zen Cho,