When the Nobel committee recognized Han Kang in October for her body of work exploring “the fragility of human life,” it ...

Here are nine recommended translated books that traverse East and West, each one a cultural gem and a literary treasure.

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Sunrise on the Reaping is set to be released on March 18.

The news from Asia at year-end 2024 that dominated headlines here in the United States included the tragic crash landing of ...

I could tell you about the following books by “literary” authors coming out next year – Tash Aw’s The South, Ocean Vuong’s The Emperor of Gladness, Emma Donoghue’s The Paris Express – and if you’ve ...

Political breakthroughs in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka with Yunus and Dissanayake, Han Kang the first Asian woman to win the ...

Author Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, poses for a photo after receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature medal and certificate during a ceremony at a concert hall in ...

We read books for many reasons — pleasure, knowledge, curiosity, escape, comfort, and, quite often, for a deeper ...