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CEO, Run! Your Wife Comes

Volume 5

by Wu MengJun, Lemon Novel ...

Series series Volume 5
After leaving for seven years, Ruan Mengyao had returned home and coincidentally met her lover, Gong Cheng. However, Gong Cheng had long forgotten about her! After an accident, she was closely linked with him.In order to force Ruan Mengyao to marry him, he had done his best! Wealth, power, status, I can give you whatever you want as long as you give me a child! " "Gong Cheng's eyes are pitch black ... Read more

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After leaving for seven years, Ruan Mengyao had returned home and coincidentally met her lover, Gong Cheng. However, Gong Cheng had long forgotten about her! After an accident, she was closely linked with him.In order to force Ruan Mengyao to marry him, he had done his best! Wealth, power, status, I can give you whatever you want as long as you give me a child! " "Gong Cheng's eyes are pitch black
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Honey in the Wound

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by Jiyoung Han ...

Longlisted for The Center for Fiction’s First Novel PrizeThis lyrical and “spellbinding debut” (Karissa Chen, USA TODAY bestselling author) is an epic tale of survival and the reclamation of power as it follows a mysteriously gifted Korean family confronting the brutality of the Japanese empire.A sister disappears and returns as a tiger. A mother’s voice compels the truth from any tongue. A ... Read more

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Longlisted for The Center for Fiction’s First Novel PrizeThis lyrical and “spellbinding debut” (Karissa Chen, USA TODAY bestselling author) is an epic tale of survival and the reclamation of power as it follows a mysteriously gifted Korean family confronting the brutality of the Japanese empire.A sister disappears and returns as a tiger. A mother’s voice compels the truth from any tongue. A
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Strange Beasts of China

by Yan Ge ...

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A New York Times Editors' Choice and Notable Book of 2021"Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror of 2021"—The Washington PostFrom one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Chinese literature, an uncanny and playful novel that blurs the line between human and beast…In the fictional Chinese city of Yong’an, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the stories of its fabled ... Read more

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A New York Times Editors' Choice and Notable Book of 2021"Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror of 2021"—The Washington PostFrom one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Chinese literature, an uncanny and playful novel that blurs the line between human and beast…In the fictional Chinese city of Yong’an, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the stories of its fabled
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Everything Belongs to Us

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by Yoojin Grace Wuertz ...

Two young women of vastly different means each struggle to find her own way during the darkest hours of South Korea’s “economic miracle” in a striking debut novel for readers of Anthony Marra and Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie.Seoul, 1978. At South Korea’s top university, the nation’s best and brightest compete to join the professional elite of an authoritarian regime. Success could lead to a life of ... Read more

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Two young women of vastly different means each struggle to find her own way during the darkest hours of South Korea’s “economic miracle” in a striking debut novel for readers of Anthony Marra and Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie.Seoul, 1978. At South Korea’s top university, the nation’s best and brightest compete to join the professional elite of an authoritarian regime. Success could lead to a life of
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Orphan of Asia

by Zhuoliu Wu ...

Translated by Ioannis Mentzas ...

Series series Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan
Born in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, raised in the scholarly traditions of ancient China by his grandfather but forced into the Japanese educational system, Hu Taiming, the protagonist of Orphan of Asia, ultimately finds himself estranged from all three cultures. Wu's autobiographical novel, completed in 1945, is widely regarded as a classic of modern Asian literature and a groundbreaking expression ... Read more

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Born in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, raised in the scholarly traditions of ancient China by his grandfather but forced into the Japanese educational system, Hu Taiming, the protagonist of Orphan of Asia, ultimately finds himself estranged from all three cultures. Wu's autobiographical novel, completed in 1945, is widely regarded as a classic of modern Asian literature and a groundbreaking expression
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Lonesome You

by Park Wan-suh ...

Translated by Elizabeth Haejin Yoon ...

Series Book 9 - Library of Korean Literature
Well before her death in 2011, Park Wan-Suh had established herself as a canonical figure in Korean literature. Her work—often based upon her own personal experiences, and showing keen insight into divisive social issues from the Korean partition to the position of women in Korean society—has touched readers for over forty years. In this collection, meditations upon life in old age come to the ... Read more

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Well before her death in 2011, Park Wan-Suh had established herself as a canonical figure in Korean literature. Her work—often based upon her own personal experiences, and showing keen insight into divisive social issues from the Korean partition to the position of women in Korean society—has touched readers for over forty years. In this collection, meditations upon life in old age come to the
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Turbid Rivers

by Ch'ae Man-Sik ...

Translated by Chung-hee Kim ...

Series series Korean Literature
Turbid River was written just before Ch’ae Man-Sik was arrested in 1938 by the Japanese colonial government. Like the two novels that followed (Peace Under Heaven and Frozen Fish), Turbid River is a realistic portrayal of life in Korea under Japanese colonization. The tragic story of a woman’s life, the novel is also a penetrating look into the objectification of women. ... Read more

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Turbid River was written just before Ch’ae Man-Sik was arrested in 1938 by the Japanese colonial government. Like the two novels that followed (Peace Under Heaven and Frozen Fish), Turbid River is a realistic portrayal of life in Korea under Japanese colonization. The tragic story of a woman’s life, the novel is also a penetrating look into the objectification of women.
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The Snowy Road

An Anthology of Korean Fiction

by Hyun-jae Yee Sallee ...

Series series Korean Voices Series
“The beauty of these stories is the simplicity of the image-invoking writing. As states in the preface, the Korean style of literature can be compared to ‘watching a gentle ripple on a pond.’” —Copley News Service“Ick-suh Yoo’s story… is the anthology’s high point, partially because of the author’s skillful use of the first-person narrative… Wan-suh Park’s portrait of a woman seeking… to resolve ... Read more

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“The beauty of these stories is the simplicity of the image-invoking writing. As states in the preface, the Korean style of literature can be compared to ‘watching a gentle ripple on a pond.’” —Copley News Service“Ick-suh Yoo’s story… is the anthology’s high point, partially because of the author’s skillful use of the first-person narrative… Wan-suh Park’s portrait of a woman seeking… to resolve
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A Private Life

by Ran Chen ...

Translated by John Howard-Gibbon ...

Series series Weatherhead Books on Asia
From one of China's most celebrated contemporary novelists comes this riveting tale of a young woman's emotional and sexual awakening. Set in the turbulent decades of the Cultural Revolution and the Tian'anmen Square incident, A Private Life exposes the complex and fantastical inner life of a young woman growing up during a time of intense social and political upheaval.At the age of twenty-six, Ni ... Read more

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From one of China's most celebrated contemporary novelists comes this riveting tale of a young woman's emotional and sexual awakening. Set in the turbulent decades of the Cultural Revolution and the Tian'anmen Square incident, A Private Life exposes the complex and fantastical inner life of a young woman growing up during a time of intense social and political upheaval.At the age of twenty-six, Ni
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A Flight of Broken Wings

The Aeriel Chronicles, #1

by Nupur Chowdhury ...

Series Book 1 - The Aeriel Chronicles
Six hundred years ago, humanity rose up in revolt against the Aeriels, who were driven from earth and back into their homeland of Vaan after a bloody and glorious war.Eight years ago, Ruban's home was destroyed and his family murdered by an Aeriel.When a new Aeriel threat looms over Ragah, the capital city of Vandram, Ruban Kinoh must do everything in his power to avenge his family's past and ... Read more

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Six hundred years ago, humanity rose up in revolt against the Aeriels, who were driven from earth and back into their homeland of Vaan after a bloody and glorious war.Eight years ago, Ruban's home was destroyed and his family murdered by an Aeriel.When a new Aeriel threat looms over Ragah, the capital city of Vandram, Ruban Kinoh must do everything in his power to avenge his family's past and
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A Korean short story 01

by Hyeon jin-geon, Kim dong-in ...

Series Book 1 - A Korean short story
This book is a collection of four Korean short stories from the Japanese colonial period, a significant turning point in the history of modern Korean literature, translated into English. The authors vividly depict the extreme poverty and social contradictions of the time with their own delicate and realistic techniques, offering a new perspective in the history of Korean fiction. ... Read more

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This book is a collection of four Korean short stories from the Japanese colonial period, a significant turning point in the history of modern Korean literature, translated into English. The authors vividly depict the extreme poverty and social contradictions of the time with their own delicate and realistic techniques, offering a new perspective in the history of Korean fiction.
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Peace Under Heaven: A Modern Korean Novel

A Modern Korean Novel

by Man-Sik Chae, Kyung-Ja Chun ...

Originally published in Seoul in 1938, soon after the outbreak of the Pacific War, "Peace Under Heaven" is a satirical novel centering on the household of a Korean landlord during the Japanese colonial occupation. Master Yun, embodying the traditional ambitions of a standard Korean paterfamilias, by being projected fast forward into a modern urban environment, caricatures the increasing ... Read more

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Originally published in Seoul in 1938, soon after the outbreak of the Pacific War, "Peace Under Heaven" is a satirical novel centering on the household of a Korean landlord during the Japanese colonial occupation. Master Yun, embodying the traditional ambitions of a standard Korean paterfamilias, by being projected fast forward into a modern urban environment, caricatures the increasing
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