'Kim Hye-jin's new novel 'Counsel Culture', translated by Jamie Chang, may be a small, contemplative book, but it packs a big punch with vibrant characters, both human and feline' asianreviewofbooks.com/content/counse…

Fiction in translation from Korean, recently reviewed in ARB: “Counsel Culture” by Kim Hye-jin, tr Jamie Chang, “Patterns of the Heart and Other Stories” by Choe Myong-ik tr Janet Poole, “dd’s Umbrella” by Hwang Jungeun tr E Yaeown asianreviewofbooks.com/content/tag/ko…

Today in the ARB: Mahika Dhar reviews “She & I” by Imayam, tr from Tamil D Venkataramanan Speaking Tiger asianreviewofbooks.com/content/she-i-…

'Set in the metropolis of Kolkata, 'A House of Rain and Snow describes the struggle of a section of middle-class Bengali' society to cope with the effects of globalization during the early 1990s' asianreviewofbooks.com/content/a-hous…

I really enjoyed this novel set around a cat colony in South Korea. “Counsel Culture” is about forgiveness and fitting in—or not—and I review it in today’s Asian Review of Books.

'Bangladesh: A Literary Journey Through 50 Short Stories' edited by Rifat Munim, reviewed in Scroll scroll.in/article/106558…

'Poole has done commendable work in translating these stories... Choe's writing is difficult. His stories include unclear language, as well as many northern expressions and variants, a challenge not only to her but to South Korean readers' asianreviewofbooks.com/content/patter…

Today in the ARB: Susan Blumberg-Kason reviews “Counsel Culture” by Kim Hye-jin tr from Korean by Jamie Chang Restless Books asianreviewofbooks.com/content/counse…

A week of translated fiction reviewed in the ARB: 'Patterns of the Heart & Other Stories', Choe Myong-ik (Korean); 'A House of Rain & Snow', Srijato (Bengali); 'Cannibals', Shinya Tanaka (Japanese); 'dd's Umbrella', Hwang Jungeun (Korean) asianreviewofbooks.com/content/tag/tr…

The ARB this week [Newsletter 14 April 2024]: Reviews. announcements, podcasts ~ translated fiction (Japanese, Korean,Bengali), picture books, history, international relations bit.ly/3Q0Zphx

'Like Being Alive Twice' by Dharini Bhaska reviewed in Scroll scroll.in/article/106647…

'The Band' by Christine Ma-Kellams reviewed in New York Times Books nytimes.com/2024/04/13/boo…

'In his Akutagawa Prize-winning 'Cannibals', Shinya Tanaka doesn't shy away from dark topics, dealing with crippling poverty, violence and sexual abuse in an often matter-of-fact way' writes Christopher Corker in the ARB asianreviewofbooks.com/content/cannib…

'Choe was a writer of his times. A progressive intellectual, he read widely in Western literature. In his stories of the colonial period appear references to Baudelaire, Dostoevsky, Gide, Nietzsche & Zola' ~ review: “Patterns of the Heart” by Choe Myong-ik asianreviewofbooks.com/content/patter…

today in the ARB: Shyamasri Maji reviews “A House of Rain and Snow” by Srijato Bandopadhyay tr from Bengali by Maharghya Chakraborty Penguin India asianreviewofbooks.com/content/a-hous…

'The Lady on the Horse and Other Secrets: A Novel' by Ramona Sen reviewed in Scroll scroll.in/article/106616…

Weekend listening: in the podcast, Robert D Kaplan (“The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China”) discusses the “Greater Middle East” and how think about democracy, order, and anarchy in this part of the world asianreviewofbooks.com/content/podcas…

Today in the ARB: Chistopher Corker reviews the Akutagawa Prize-winning “Cannibals” by Shinya Tanaka, tr from Japanese by Kalau Almony Honford Star asianreviewofbooks.com/content/cannib…

News: “Mater 2-10” by Hwang Sok-yong [ARB review asianreviewofbooks.com/content/mater-…] on International Booker prize shortlist via Guardian Books theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Feature '8 of The Best Japanese Authors That You've Never Heard Of' in Book Riot bookriot.com/the-best-japan…