Week 8 of our Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011 longlist reviewing project and we now have only a few days to the shortlist announcement on January 10. This week's reviews are: Tahmima Anam's The good Muslim (Bangladesh) by Fay of Read, Ramble. She says "it is beautifully structured, the story well told, the characters alive" … Continue reading Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week January 1-7
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Jamil Ahmad, The wandering falcon (Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011)
I'm not sure how to describe Jamil Ahmad's Man Asian Literary Prize novel, The wandering falcon. Is it a disjointed novel, a picaresque, or a collection of connected short stories? It doesn't matter greatly - it is what it is - but at least by raising the question I've given you a sense of how … Continue reading Jamil Ahmad, The wandering falcon (Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011)
Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week December 26-31
Week 7 of our Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011 longlist reviewing project and we're moving along with less than two weeks now to the shortlist announcement. This week's reviews are: Jahnavi Barua's Rebirth (India) by Fay of Read, Ramble who thinks it has some interesting things to say about women's lives in contemporary India … Continue reading Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week December 26-31
Banana Yoshimoto, The lake (Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011)
Image created by Matt Todd of A Novel Approach When I saw that Banana Yoshimoto's novel The lake was shortlisted for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize I knew that it would be a high priority for me to read, because I like Japanese literature and I have read and enjoyed Yoshimoto (her novel Kitchen) … Continue reading Banana Yoshimoto, The lake (Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011)
Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week December 18-24
Happy Holidays everyone who is celebrating this weekend ... May you receive many books and the time to read them! I have taken a quick break from my festivities to bring you Week 6 of our Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011 longlist reviewing project. It has been quiet on the reviewing front this week, … Continue reading Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week December 18-24
Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week December 11-17
Week 5 of our Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011 longlist reviewing project and we're moving along with quite a bumper crop of reviews this week ... Haruki Murakami's IQ84 (Japan) by Matt of A Novel Approach. Matt, a student of Japanese literature, has mixed feelings. He calls it unwieldy, though he also admits that … Continue reading Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week December 11-17
Anuradha Roy, The folded earth (Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011)
Anuradha Roy The folded earth London: MacLehose Press, 2011 257pp. ISBN: 9780857050441
Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week December 4-10
Week 4 of our Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011 longlist reviewing project and we're moving along with ... Jamil Ahmad's The wandering falcon (Pakistan) by Stu of Winston's Dad. He, like Lisa who has already reviewed it, liked it for what he felt to be its authentic portrayal of the tribespeople of an area that … Continue reading Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week December 4-10
Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week November 27 to December 3
Week 3 of our Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011 longlist reviewing project brings you ... Mahmoud Dowlatabadi's The colonel (Iran) from Lisa of ANZLItLovers. This sounds quite different in style and structure, but worth reading, particularly since it's from a country whose literature is little known to me. Yan Lianke's Dream of Ding Village (China) from Matt … Continue reading Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week November 27 to December 3
Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week November 20-26
Week 2 of our Man Asian Literary Prize 2011 longlist reviewing project (whew!) .... Matt of A Novel Approach is off and running with: Banana Yoshimoto's The lake (from Japan), which is high in my priority list as I've read Yoshimoto before and I'm particularly interested in Japanese literature. And Fay of Read, Ramble with Tarun … Continue reading Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize 2011: Reviews from the week November 20-26
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