Today in the ARB: Soni Wadhwa reviews “East of Empire: Egypt, India, and the World between the Wars” by Erin MB O’Halloran @stanfordpress.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/east-of-empi...
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Today in the ARB: “Murder in the House of Omari” by Taku Ashibe by Taku Ashibe, tr from Japanese by Bryan Karetnyk @PushkinVertigo asianreviewofbooks.com/murder-in-th...
“Murder in the House of Omari” by Taku Ashibe
At a demolition site in modern-day Osaka, workers unearth an old air raid shelter, sealed for decades. Inside, Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr, …
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Drops today: this week's ARB @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Sam Dalrymple about his recent book “Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia” @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social @wwnorton.com asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...
Podcast with Sam Dalrymple, author of “Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia”
Partition—the rapid, uncoordinated, and bloody split between India and Pakistan after the Second World War—remains the central event of South Asian history. But 1947 wasn’t the only partition, acco…
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Today in the ARB: Vikram Zutshi's "Letter from Bali" on two films from the 1930s: “Island of Demons” and “Headhunters of Borneo” asianreviewofbooks.com/letter-from-...
Letter from Bali: films of the 1930s
On a recent warm evening in August, I settled into the lush gardens of the Agung Rai Museum of Art in Ubud, in Bali’s hill country, for screenings of two remarkable films: “Island of Demons” from 1…
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Engaging, appreciative @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social essay on Pauline Yu's fascinating book about Judith Guatier, hardly a household name but very famous when her translations of Chinese poetry wowed many in 19th century France, asianreviewofbooks.com/chinese-song... cc @chowleen.bsky.social
“Chinese Songs in a French Key: How Judith Gautier’s Book of Jade Introduced Europe to Chinese Poetry” by Pauline Yu
“Untranslatable”, concluded the erudite, 17th-century Jesuit missionaries, referring to the glorious corpus of Chinese poetry. While they acknowledged that poetry played an outsized role in Chinese…
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Today in the ARB: David Chaffetz reviews “Chinese Songs in a French Key: How Judith Gautier’s Book of Jade Introduced Europe to Chinese Poetry” by Pauline Yu @columbiaup.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/chinese-song...
“Chinese Songs in a French Key: How Judith Gautier’s Book of Jade Introduced Europe to Chinese Poetry” by Pauline Yu
“Untranslatable”, concluded the erudite, 17th-century Jesuit missionaries, referring to the glorious corpus of Chinese poetry. While they acknowledged that poetry played an outsized role in Chinese…
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Today in the ARB: Farida R Khan writes about a visit to the recent "Mamluks: 1250-1517" exhibition at the Louvre, transfering to Abu Dhabi in September asianreviewofbooks.com/mamluks-1250...
Mamluks: 1250-1517
The Louvre Museum’s recent major exhibition on the Mamluk Sultanate explores the dynasty’s rich legacy in terms of the art and architecture of Egypt and Syria. The exhibition—a first for Europe—com…
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Today in the ARB: Women in translation month: August 2025 ~ A compilation of reviews in the past twelve months including non-fiction and poetry and well as novels, short stories and children’s books asianreviewofbooks.com/women-in-tra...
Women in translation month: August 2025
A compilation of reviews in the past twelve months for Women in Translation month (August 2025), including non-fiction and poetry and well as novels, short stories and children’s books. These inclu…
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Today in the ARB: @alisonfincher.bsky.social reviews “Miss Ruki” by Fumio Takano “which doesn’t look like most manga translated into English. In fact, it’s more like a Sunday comic strip than a graphic novel.” @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/miss-ruki-by...
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1/4 Many thanks, @nicholasgordon.bsky.social, host of @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social podcast from @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, for talking with me about the new book, TOGETHER IN MANZANAR #skystorians #booksky newbooksnetwork.com/tracy-slater...
