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Funny stories, kind fairy tales, positive books on our website:ASIAN GEOGRAPHIC JUNIOR COVERS WILDLIFE,
CULTURE, HERITAGE AND TRADITIONS IN ASIA FOR
YOUNG READERS AGED 7-12. GRAB YOUR COPY NOW!The Boat to Redemption (China, 2009, 2010)
By Su Tong
A political satire that follows the story of a dishonoured father
and son, and a feral girl with a bourgeois attitude. Providing
insights into China’s culture and recent history, it is a tragic
story of people consumed by their own desires and needs.
The White Tiger (India, 2009)
By Aravind Adiga
A poor Indian villager journeys from servitude to success as a
prosperous businessman. The character is a representation of
what India could become, shedding its history of poverty and
caste conflict.
The Corpse Washer (Iraq, 2010)
By Sinan Antoon
This book reveals the lives of the people in Iraq, through Saddam
Hussein’s dictatorship, the 2003 invasion and occupation.
1Q83 (Japan, 2009)
By Haruki Murukami
A distopian novel in the spirit of 1984 , this book takes us on
a twisted and surreal journey that centres around a mysterious
cult and two lovers drawn into a parallel existence.
The Ghost Bride (Malaysia, 2013)
By Yangsze Choo
Set in 1890s’ Malacca, this book combines romance and the
supernatural, navigating the reader through the intrigues
and complications of this life and the next.
Ilustrado (Philippines, 2010)
By Miguel Syjuco
The body of Crispin Salvador is pulled from the Hudson River.
An investigation takes us through 150 years of Philippines’
history and introduces us to a conflicted society caught
between decay and progress.
Ministry of Moral Panic (Singapore, 2013)
By Amanda Lee Koe
Introducing the reader to a series of fictional characters,
this book takes us into a world of anxiety, sexual frankness,
relativism and human relationships – a revelatory and
unconventional exploration of Singaporeans.
The Vegetarian (South Korea, 2007)
By Han Kang, Translated by Deborah Smith
Yeong-hye’s decision to stop eating meat is a profound act
of subversion in a society where norms must be obeyed.
This book deals with desire, shame and empathy as people
around her fail to understand her motives and new identity –
in becoming, ecstatically, a tree.
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