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.
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.
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.
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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A Free Life (signed bookplate)
by Ha Jin
New York: Pantheon, 2007 1st ed. SIGNED bookplate on half-title p. 660pp. hardback sm 4to: Fine in a Fine dj [last couple of non-text pages have a slight ripple in the outer blank margin where it appears that someone with damp fingers touched the page; else a nice clean and crisp copy]
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$9.95
The Tale of Genji
by Shikibu, Murasaki
Knopf, 1978. Paperback. G+. 6x2x9. GOOD-PLUS TRADE-PAPERBACK. VERY-GOOD EXCEPT MODERATE READING WEAR.
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$5.00
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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$18.47
EMPRESS ORCHID.
by Min, Anchee
Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 2004.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (prev owner's name, small dent in gold foil dust jacket, but appears unread overall) . First printing. The first volume in a trilogy about the life of Tzu Hsi, who entered the Forbidden Palace as a minor concubine at the age of 17, and rose to become Empress and the mother of the next Emperor. 336 pp.
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$21.50
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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$23.28
Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel (Volume II) (No. 2)
by Guanzhong, Luo
Foreign Languages Press, 1997. Hardcover. 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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$6.36
Three Kingdoms, A Historical Novel: Complete and Unabridged: v. 2
by Guanzhong, Luo
Paperback. Very Good.
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$20.55
Before Confucius: Studies in the Creation of the Chinese Classics
by Shaughnessy, Edward L
Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 245pp+ index. Very good in publisher's wraps.
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$20.00
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
Kokoro
by Soseki, Natsume
London: Peter Owen, 1968. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First British Commonwealth Edition. Very good hardback in a lightly rubbed jacket that has a has small sticker removal scar to the top of the front.
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$50.00
The Plum in the golden Vase or Chin P'ing Mei Volume Two: The Rivals
by Roy, David Tod
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. lxix, 604pp+ index. Remainder mark to top edge of textblock, else a very good hardback in a jacket that is slightly trimmed halfway across the top edge of the front panel.
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$50.00
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Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel [4 volume set]
by Luo Guanzhong
London: The Folio Society, 2013. First Folio Society Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 28 x 18.5 cm. Four volume set in slipcase. Bound into decorative teal satin covered boards. Translated and with an introductory essay by Ross Roberts, introduction by Ma Jian. Follows the text of the 1991 University of California Press edition. Hundreds of illustrations from the 1883 edition by Zhuye shuwu. Light shelf wear to slipcase.
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$500.00
People or Monsters?: And Other Stories and Reportage from China After Mao
by Binyan, Liu
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1983. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 140pp. Very good in publisher's wraps. Ink name on title page, else internally fine.
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$15.00
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
The Interior Landscape: Love Poems from a Classical Tamil Anthology
by RAMANUJAN, A.K
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Octavo. 5.25 x 8.5 in. 125, [3 blanks] pp. Complimentary copy to Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls, Harvard Professor of Sanskrit, with publisher's complimentary card and slip laid in. Near fine in original green cloth and near fine dust jacket.
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$50.00
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
Meetings and Farewells
by Chong-Wha, Chung (Editor)
St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press. 1980. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. 234 pages. Modern Korean Stories. Asian and Pacific Writing 15. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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$9.31
Le Clan du sorgho rouge
by Mo, Yan
Éditions du Seuil, 2014 Mo Yan, Nobel de littérature. « Le Clan du sorgho rouge, récit épique, nous plonge dans l'Empire chinois des années 30, à feu et à sang. Bandes armées communistes et nationalistes se vouent une haine sans merci tout en combattant, en ordre dispersé, l'envahisseur japonais. À Gaomi, au pays de Mo Yan, le grand-père du narrateur, chef des brigands du lieu, et la grand-mère,...
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$21.88
A Selective Guide to Chinese Literature 1900-1949 Volume 3: The Poem
by Haft, Lloyd
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1989. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. xiii, 297pp+ indices. Foxing to edges of textblock, else a very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.
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$50.00
The Financial Expert
by Narayan, R. K. w/new intro. by the author
New York: Time Reading Program, 1966 reissue. 245pp. paperback 8vo: near Fine. A Malgudi novel by the Indian writer Narayan (1906-2001), originally published in 1952.
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$4.99
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
