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• Island Witch

  Jayatissa, Amanda,

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  Sri Lanka. "Being the daughter of the village Capuwa, or demon-priest, Amara is used to keeping mostly to herself. Influenced by the new religious practices brought in by the British Colonizers, the villagers who once respected her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Woman Who Climbed Trees

  a Novel

  Ravindra, Smriti,

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  Nepal. "Weaving together ghost stories, myths, and song, this haunting novel follows a young bride as she leaves her life in India behind to move to Nepal with her new husband and his family, examining the loss she experiences as she gives…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Butter

  a Novel of Food and Murder

  Yuzuki, Asako, 1981-

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  Japan. "Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in the Tokyo Detention House convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, whom she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House of Doors

  a Novel

  Tan, Twan Eng, 1972-

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  Malaysia. "The year is 1921. Lesley Hamlyn and her husband, Robert, a lawyer and war veteran, are living at Cassowary House on the Straits Settlement of Penang. When "Willie" Somerset Maugham, a famed writer and old friend of Robert's,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Holiday Country

  Atrek, İnci,

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  Turkey. "Nineteen-year-old Ada adores spending every summer in a Turkish seaside town with her mother and grandmother at the family villa. The glittering waters, picturesque olive groves, and her spirited friends make it easy for Ada to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Human Zoo

  a Novel

  Murray, Sabina,

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  Philippines. "Filipino-American Christina "Ting" Klein has just travelled from New York to Manila, both to escape her imminent divorce, and to begin research for a biography of Timicheg, an indigenous Filipino brought to America at the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Age of Vice

  Kapoor, Deepti,

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  India. "In the shadow of lavish estates, extravagant parties, predatory business deals and calculated political influence, three lives become dangerously intertwined: Ajay is the watchful servant, born into poverty, who rises through the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sun Sets in Singapore

  a Novel

  Fadipe, Kehinde,

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  Singapore. "In Singapore, three very different women--Dara, a workaholic lawyer from the UK; Amaka, a sharp-tongued banker from Nigeria; and Lillian, a pianist turned "trailing spouse" from the United States--find their lives inexplicably…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Twilight Territory

  a Novel

  Pham, Andrew X., 1967-

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  Vietnam. "In the Vietnamese fishing village of Phan Thiet in 1942, Tuyet meets and falls in love with Japanese major Yamazaki Takeshi, a wounded veteran with a good heart, but when he risks his life for the Resistance, she and her family…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East

  Barry, Quan,

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  Mongolia. "A luminous novel that moves across a windswept Mongolia, as a pair of estranged twin brothers make a journey of duty, conflict, and renewed understanding. Tasked with finding the reincarnation of a great lama somewhere in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bygone Days

  Qodiriĭ, Abdulla, 1894-1938,

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  Uzbekistan. "Published in 1926, the author Abdullah Qodiriy brought his masterpiece to a readership beset with the same concerns as those of the beloved characters of this historical novel." "Otabek, the son of Yusufbek Hajji, is a 19th…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Women of Good Fortune

  a Novel

  Wan, Sophie,

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  China. "At a high-society Shanghai wedding, the reluctant bride and her two best friends, each with their own personal motives and fed up with the way society treats women, forge a plan to steal all the gift money on the big day."

• Burma Sahib

  a Novel

  Theroux, Paul,

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  Burma/Myanmar. "a riveting new novel exploring one of English literature’s most beloved and controversial figures—George Orwell—and the early years as an officer in colonial Burma that transformed him from Eric Blair, the British Raj…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ocean's Godori

  Cho, Elaine U.,

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  Korea (in space). "Ocean Yoon has never felt very Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haenyeo, Jeju Island's beloved female divers. She doesn't like soju, constantly misses cultural references, and despite her love of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Amanat

  Women's Writing From Kazakhstan

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  Kazakhstan. "A man is arrested for a single typo, a woman gets on buses at random, and two friends reunite in a changed world.... Diverse in form, scope and style, Amanat brings together the voices of thirteen female Kazakhstani writers,…Read moreRead more of this annotation