Asian Fiction
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The Tale Of Genji
by Murasaki Shikibu
The Tale of Genji is a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early eleventh century, around the peak of the Heian Period. It is sometimes called the world's first novel, the first modern novel, the first psychological novel or the first novel still to be considered a classic, though this issue is a matter of debate. The first partial translation of Genji Monogatari into English was by Suematsu Kenchō.
Three Kingdoms
by Guanzhong Luo
Subtitle from p. 4 of cover.
Title on t.p. also in Chinese characters.
Title on t.p. also in Chinese characters.
Journey To the West - Vol I, II and IIi
by Wu Cheng'En
Colophon in Chinese, v. 4.
Translation of: Xi you ji.
Translator's afterword (v.4, p. 2321-2344).
Text notes at the end of each vol.
Translation of: Xi you ji.
Translator's afterword (v.4, p. 2321-2344).
Text notes at the end of each vol.
Empress Orchid
by Anchee Min
Empress Orchid (2004) is a novel by Anchee Min which was first published in Great Britain in 2004. It is written in first person and is a sympathetic account of the life of Empress Dowager Cixi - from her humble beginnings to her rise as the Empress Dowager. Names within the story are different in spelling but retain the same pronunciation - allowing the reader to identify each relevant character to his or her real life counterpart.
The Sound Of the Mountain
by Yasunari Kawabata
Yasunari Kawabata was born in Osaka in 1899. In 1968 he became the first Japanese writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. One of Japan’s most distinguished novelists, he published his first stories while he was still in high school, graduating from Tokyo Imperial University in 1924. His short story “The Izu Dancer,” first published in 1925, appeared in The Atlantic Monthly in 1955. Kawabata authored numerous novels, including Snow Country (1956), which cemented his reputation...
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First They Killed My Father
by Loung Ung
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers is a 2000 nonfiction book written by a Cambodian author and survivor of the Pol Pot regime Loung Ung. It is a personal account of her experiences during the Khmer Rouge years.
And the Rain My Drink
by Suyin Han
And the Rain My Drink is a novel by Han Suyin. It is set against a backdrop of the Malayan Emergency of the late 1940s and 1950s. It describes the methods used by the British colonial authorities and the left-wing rebels, and how individual lives were affected.
A Many-Splendoured Thing
by Han W/Intro By Malcolm MacDonald Suyin
A Many-Splendoured Thing is a novel by Han Suyin. It was made into the 1955 film Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, which also inspired a famous song. In her autobiographical work "My House Has Two Doors" she clearly dissociates herself from the film and had no interest in even watching it in Singapore where it ran for several months.
Asian Fiction Books & Ephemera
A Gesture Life
by Lee, Chang-Rae
A Gesture Life is a novel written by Chang-Rae Lee which takes the form of a narrative of an elderly physician who remembers treating Korean comfort women for the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
Empress Orchid
by Min, Anchee
Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Mariner Books, 2005 Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First Edition/First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first edition/first printing book is tight with no markings, some tanning to page edges, wraps have some rubbing and light soiling.
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The Tale of Genji
by Shikibu, Murasaki (Author)/ Tyler, Royall (Translated by)/ Tyler, Royall (Edited by)/ Tyler, Royall (Abridged by)
Penguin Classics, 2006. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 352 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.75 inches.
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$19.29
The Tale of Genji
by Murasaki Shikibu
Tuttle Publishing, 2000. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$6.97
The Tale of Genji (Everyman's Library Classics Series)
by Murasaki Shikibu
Everyman's Library, 1993. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$18.46
The Analects
by Confucius
Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1999. Hardcover. As new. Hardcover. As new in publisher's shrinkwrap.
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$25.00
The Tale of Genji
by Shikibu Murasaki
Paperback book is in very good condition. Binding, spine, front and back covers, and the inside of book all in very good condition. No markings, writings or under linings in the book. Back of cover has slight bend top left hand corner, could be from time wear.This is a first Vintage Book Edition, dated February 1985. Translated and Abridged by Edward G. Seidensticker.Inside of book is paper telling there is a missing line from Page 39, line 31, and what line is.
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$30.00
Empress Orchid.
by MIN, ANCHEE
New York.: Houghton Mifflin Company.. 2004.. Plan of the Forbidden City, xiii + 336pp, hardcover in fine dustwrapper. A very good copy. 23.5 x 16cm. "A stunning tale of power, love, politics and a world that is lost forever. It is the final days of the Chinese Empire. Trade in Opium with Europe is slowly corroding the power of the Ch'ing Dynasty. Orchid, a beautiful seventeen-year-old from an aristocratic, but impoverished family, is pushed into the maelstrom when she finds herself unexpectedly chosen to...
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$23.32
Cat Country: A Satirical Novel of China in the 1930's
by She, Lao
Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First printing. Previous owner's ink name on title page, foxing to edges of textblock, else a very good hardback in a lightly rubbed and edgeworn jacket that has a few closed tears.
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$100.00
Reworlding: The Literature of the Indian Diaspora
by Nelson, Emmanuel S
NY: Praeger, 1992. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. xvi, 177pp+ index. Very good hardback bound in publisher's gray cloth and issued without a jacket.
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$25.00
The Song of Youth
by Yang Mo
Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1978. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Third Edition. Very good hardback in a lightly rubbed jacket.
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$25.00
The Tale of Genji (2 Vols.)
by Murasaki Shikibu. Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. 1st thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Two volumes in a pictorial cardboard slipcase, quarter bound in purple cloth and decorated boards without jackets, as issued. The Tale of Genji was written in the eleventh century by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady of the Heian court. It is universally recognized as the greatest masterpiece of Japanese prose narrative, perhaps the earliest true novel in the history of the world. Until now there has been no translation that is both complete...
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$60.00
Waywaya: Eleven Filipino Short Stories
by Jose, F. Sionil
Manila: Solidaridad Publishing House. Very Good. 1985. Second Edition. Softcover. Rubbing and creasing to the covers.; 217 pages .
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$19.00
The Tale of Genji
by Shikibu, Murasaki
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$6.24
Three Kingdoms, The
by Luo Guanzhong
Paperback / softback. New. The great empire of China is in turmoil.
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$11.01
The Tale of Genji (Modern Library)
by Murasaki, Shikibu
Modern Library, 1993. First Thus. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($22.00 price intact). Published by Modern Library, 1993. Octavo. Gray cloth boards stamped in gold with illustrated endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with light shelf wear. 1325 pages. ISBN: 9780679424673. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY...
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$45.00
The Past We Share: The Near Eastern Ancestry of Western Folk Literature.
by E.L. Ranelagh
New York, NY Quartet Books, 1984. Paperback First Ed thus, so stated. First Ed thus, so stated. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of very light use: light wear to extremities; mild rubbing to wrapper covers; binding shows slight spine lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Not far from 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 278pp. Trade Paperback.
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$4.70
Journey to the West: true and false Monkey King (Paperback)(Chinese Edition)(Old-Used)
by wu cheng en
Northern women and children Press; 1 (March 1. 20, 2000-01-01. paperback. New. Ship out in 2 business day, And Fast shipping, Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Language:Chinese.Paperback . Number of Pages: 159 Pages. This book carefully adapted for young readers. the story twists and turns vivid. lifelike characters. Hope this book allows children to broaden their horizons. stimulate imagination. increase appreciation of taste. increase the fun and wisdom so profound that they...
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$48.30
Empress Orchid
by Anchee Min
Cengage Gale, 2004. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$6.36
The Conterfeiter
by Inoue, Yasushi
London: Peter Owen, 1989. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First UK Edition. Very good hardback in a jacket that has faint sticker ghost on the front panel.
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$15.00
Three Kingdoms
by Luo Guanzhong
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The novel offers a startling and unsparing view of how power is wielded, how diplomacy is conducted, and how wars are planned and fought. This book has influenced the ways that Chinese think about power, diplomacy, and war, even to this
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$59.07
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THE TALE OF GENJI [2 VOLUMES IN SLIPCASE]
by Murasaki Shikibu (Translated By Edward Seidenstricker)
Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1980. Fourth printing. Two volume set in the preferred translation by Edward Seidenstricker. Bound in cardstock covers with printed dust jackets. Housed in the publisher's gold illustrated slipcase. . Fine/Fine.
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$22.95
