good Asian Fiction books

Ikuru · Aug 20th, 2004, 04:30

Hey do you love reading about Asia in Novels? I was reading the Beach by Alex Garland allong time ago And I wished I had writen it. If I saw someone reading it in a Park I felt compelled going up to them...

What is you Best/Favorite Fiction Books on Asia?

MY list is in this order...

1. The Beach / Alex Garland
2. Are you Expirienced / William Suitcliffe
3. Paper Back Raita / Will Rhode

shanshas · Aug 21st, 2004, 02:30

Shantaram !!

skell · Aug 21st, 2004, 04:07

A Fine Ballance.

omshanti · Aug 21st, 2004, 04:35

There are so many good ones! A Fine Balance and Rohinton Mistry's others as well (Such a Long Journey, Family Matters).

Also Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things.

Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy.

Anita Desai, Jhumpa Lahiri, Amitav Gosh, Salman Rushdie and many more I am sure...OOOO sooo many good books in the world, so little time!

volga_volga · Aug 21st, 2004, 04:42

My fav Asian writer: Salman Rushdie. And then Salman Rushdie. But the best of all is Salman Rushdie.

any book; favs are Satanic Verses, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, The Moor's Last Sigh.

and despite his 50+ he looks good too

wonderwomanusa · Aug 21st, 2004, 11:39

I am just now reading YOGA HOTEL by Maura Moynihan. In India, it was published as MASTERJI AND OTHER STORIES.

Ms. Moynihan is the daughter of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the USA's ambassador to India in the 1970s.

I'm enjoying very much these short stories about Indians and Westerners relating to each other in India.

Wanderer22 · Aug 21st, 2004, 12:30

Not quite in the same category as the above books, but a fun read..

"Flashman in the Great Game" by George MacDonald Fraser.
The Daily Mail book reviewer has this to say... "If you like your history overdone, highly-spiced and saucy, George MacDonald Fraser is the man to make you laugh. Flashman plumbs new depths of knavery in the Indian Mutiny. In and out of disguise, in and out of beds, unwillingly embroiled in conspiracies, sieges, prisons and battles, Flashy is ever the fellow of infinite resource with amorous widow or bloody mutineer".
Definately NOT politically correct! There's a whole series of the Flashman books. The one called "Flashman" is the first, and set in India, Afghanistan. The footnotes in the books are worth the price alone.

W22

Ikuru · Aug 21st, 2004, 17:29

OH No Volga! What have you done to your cat?!!!

ikimasho · Aug 21st, 2004, 21:45

a fortune teller told me
by tiziano terzani

India Edge · Aug 22nd, 2004, 01:53

I loved Narayan's "The Guide". Also liked very much "Kanthapura" by Raja Rao which is set in South India during the time of Ghandi.
Although not fiction, I recently read "The Bandit Queen of India" by Phoolan Devi - wow.
Currently reading "Motiba's Tatoos" by Mira Kamdar, which chronicles her search into her Gujarati family history - very interesting and a good read.
-Greg

volga_volga · Aug 22nd, 2004, 02:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ikuru

OH No Volga! What have you done to your cat?!!!

sorry, Ikuru, woke up this morning and saw a different cat in the mirror... but if you miss the other one i can ask her to come back, but you understand, there is no guarantee... with cats... they walk by themselves

Theon · Aug 22nd, 2004, 13:16

Narayan's "The English Teacher" and "Malgudi Days"

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Ikuru the only "end" is "you" Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: infront of the screen Posts: 1,913	good Asian Fiction books Hey do you love reading about Asia in Novels? I was reading the Beach by Alex Garland allong time ago And I wished I had writen it. If I saw someone reading it in a Park I felt compelled going up to them... What is you Best/Favorite Fiction Books on Asia? MY list is in this order... 1. The Beach / Alex Garland 2. Are you Expirienced / William Suitcliffe 3. Paper Back Raita / Will Rhode __________________ http://www.ikuru.se My art.

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India Edge Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 213	On Indian fiction... I loved Narayan's "The Guide". Also liked very much "Kanthapura" by Raja Rao which is set in South India during the time of Ghandi. Although not fiction, I recently read "The Bandit Queen of India" by Phoolan Devi - wow. Currently reading "Motiba's Tatoos" by Mira Kamdar, which chronicles her search into her Gujarati family history - very interesting and a good read. -Greg __________________ India pics India vids

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volga_volga Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 1,459	My fav Asian writer: Salman Rushdie. And then Salman Rushdie. But the best of all is Salman Rushdie. any book; favs are Satanic Verses, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, The Moor's Last Sigh. and despite his 50+ he looks good too

Aug 21st, 2004, 11:39	#6
wonderwomanusa Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dhaka Posts: 3,570	I am just now reading YOGA HOTEL by Maura Moynihan. In India, it was published as MASTERJI AND OTHER STORIES. Ms. Moynihan is the daughter of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the USA's ambassador to India in the 1970s. I'm enjoying very much these short stories about Indians and Westerners relating to each other in India.

Aug 21st, 2004, 12:30	#7
Wanderer22 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 472	Not quite in the same category as the above books, but a fun read.. "Flashman in the Great Game" by George MacDonald Fraser. The Daily Mail book reviewer has this to say... "If you like your history overdone, highly-spiced and saucy, George MacDonald Fraser is the man to make you laugh. Flashman plumbs new depths of knavery in the Indian Mutiny. In and out of disguise, in and out of beds, unwillingly embroiled in conspiracies, sieges, prisons and battles, Flashy is ever the fellow of infinite resource with amorous widow or bloody mutineer". Definately NOT politically correct! There's a whole series of the Flashman books. The one called "Flashman" is the first, and set in India, Afghanistan. The footnotes in the books are worth the price alone. W22

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Ikuru the only "end" is "you" Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: infront of the screen Posts: 1,913	OH No Volga! What have you done to your cat?!!!

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