ASIA PERSPECTIVES: NEW HORIZONS IN ASIAN HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE Michael Bourdaghs. Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon: A Geopolitical Prehistory of J-Pop (2012) “Bourdaghs persuasively shows how Japan, through the production of diverse forms of popular music and the formation of its audiences, engaged a genuinely global geopolitical aesthetics, shaping it and being … [Read more...]
The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan: More Stories of China
WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA Zhu Wen. The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan: More Stories of China Translated by Julia Lovell (2013) "Zhu Wen's prose is imbued with his own unique brand of black humor, which combined with an unbridled imagination, offers a satiric and disturbing take on the capitalist gluttony that has overtaken contemporary Chinese society. … [Read more...]
The Frontier Within: Essays by Abe Kōbō
WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA Abe Kōbō. The Frontier Within: Essays by Abe Kōbō Edited, translated, and with an introduction by Richard F. Calichman (2013) “The Frontier Within redresses the lopsided and biased understanding of Abe Kōbō as solely a writer of fiction. First and foremost a thinker, he was extremely conscious of the fundamental conditions in which language … [Read more...]
Trees Without Wind: A Novel
WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA Li Rui. Trees Without Wind: A Novel Translated by John Balcom (2013) “Balanced on the fulcrum of politics, self-interest, tradition, and desire, the novel presents a distinctively original perspective on the political struggles that turned China upside down during the Cultural Revolution.” —Carlos Rojas, Duke University … [Read more...]
Kiku’s Prayer
WEATHERHEAD BOOKS ON ASIA Endo Shusaku. Kiku’s Prayer. Translated by Van C. Gessel (2013) “Endo writes with force and stylistic verve about the vexing experience of living at the intersection between cultures, religions, and belief systems. This novel is a touching, deftly handled character study that traces out the process by which Kiku achieves self-understanding and … [Read more...]
