May 4th, 1970. A week earlier President Nixon has ordered American ground forces into Cambodia to pursue the Vietcong. By the end of the day four students will be shot dead by the National Guards in the grounds of Kent State University. On the...
Forensic sculptor Toni Sullivan's job takes her to crime scenes to put faces to victims. Shaping the clay always gives her a sense of purpose and order, but that all changes when she feels a mysterious connection to the victim found on Red Bud...
‘An honest and sympathetic narrative on the lives of women drawn into the dark world of terrorism and insurgency.’—Ajai Sahni, Founding Member and Executive Director of the Institute for Conflict Management
Purnima, a faith healer in Imphal,...
Set Against A Background Of Newspaper Journalism And Politics, And The Sexily Freewheeling Life Of Backpackers' Thailand, 'sheer Abandon' Is Perhaps The Most Exciting And Intriguing Of All Penny Vincenzi's Novels So...
Why should a man care for his parents when they failed to take care of him as a child?
One of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of the Year (Selected by Edan Lepucki)
Kyung Cho is a young father burdened by a house he can’t afford. For...
On the night of the 1953 Coronation ceremony, the expatriate community in Hong Kong has gathered for a celebration party, and while they strain their ears to hear the proceedings on a faulty wireless, Joy, a rebellious 21 year-old, falls in love at...
Next to the powers of heaven and hell, we are nothing. “So this was just one gigantic, cosmic war between light and dark magic. And we were only a small part of it, a tiny dot in the gods’ empire. It was no wonder that they saw us as...
A collection of stories
WINNER OF THE 2012 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
Mo Yan, China's most critically acclaimed author, has changed the face of his country's contemporary literature with such daring and masterly novels as Red Sorghum, The Garlic...