📰 Today in the ARB: Peter Gordon reviews the first formal English translation in well over a century of “Madame Chrysanthème” by Pierre Loti and Clémence Aubert (intro & trans.), published by Espresso Publishing House. asianreviewofbooks.com/madame-chrys...

Join us on 15 July for the Royal Society for Asian Affairs' annual Lord Denman Memorial Lecture with the Rt Hon Baroness Warsi PC. This will be followed by a reception with wine, canapés and music to celebrate the Society's 125th anniversary. 🎟️ Lecture: £25 | Reception: £25 Link in comments.

🎧 Drops today: this week's ARB @NewBooksNetwork.bsky.social Podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with author Oliver Hein to talk about his new book on Turkmenistan's history. 👇 Available at the link below and wherever you get your podcasts. asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...

📰 Today in the ARB: Francis P Sempa reviews “Privileged But Powerless” by Jieun Baek @yalepress.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/privileged-b...

📰 This week in the ARB: Alan Ali Saeed “Birds in a Gale: A Novel” by Ata Nahai, published by Common Notions Press. asianreviewofbooks.com/birds-in-a-g...

Over the weekend in the ARB: Sean Paterson reviews "China's Aristocratic Age" by Yuri Pines @princetonupress.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/chinas-arist...

🗞️ This week's newsletter dropped today, featuring reviews of fiction and non-fiction, new poetry announcements, the ARB Podcast, and a featured essay from Jessica Sequeira. Read it here: mailchi.mp/4b0b4f9f284d...

📖 A long read for the weekend: read Jessica Sequeira's new essay for the ARB, "Beyond the Score: Performance, Power, and the Hidden Histories of Music in India" 👇️ Follow the link below. asianreviewofbooks.com/beyond-the-s...

🎧 Drops today: this week's ARB @NewBooksNetwork.bsky.social Podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Xiaobing Li, author of “China's Mahan”, published by the Naval Institute Press. 👇 Available below and wherever you get your podcasts. asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...

📰 Today in the ARB: @davidchaffetz.bsky.social reviews "Imperial Iran in the Eighteenth Century" by MAH Parsa @edinburghup.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/imperial-ira...

📰 Today in the ARB: Jonathan Han reviews "Good-Bye" by Osamu Dazai and translated by Ralph McCarthy, published by New Directions Publishing. asianreviewofbooks.com/good-bye-by-...

📰 Over the weekend in the ARB: Susan Blumberg-Kason reviews "Leave and Come Back" by Lavanya Lakshmi @pameladormanbooks.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/leave-and-co...

🗞️ This week's newsletter dropped today, featuring reviews of fiction and non-fiction, new young reader's book announcements and the ARB Podcast. Read it here: mailchi.mp/e08e3a347fb8...

📰 This week in the ARB: Kateryna Shabelnyk reviews "Shift" by Cho Yeeun, translated by Yewon Jung @honfordstar.bsky.social. asianreviewofbooks.com/shift-by-cho...

📰 Today in the ARB: Vikram Zutshi reviews "Approaching the Buddha", edited by Hao Sheng @yalepress.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/approaching-...

🎧️ Drops today: this week's ARB @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Charlotte Brooks, author of "The Moys of New York and Shanghai" @ucpress.bsky.social 👇️ Available at the link below and wherever you get your podcasts. buff.ly/zOrChNj

📰 Today in the ARB: Peter Gordon reviews "Shift" by Cho Yeeun, translated by Yewon Jung and published @honfordstar.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/shift-by-cho...

📰 Today in the ARB: Peter Gordon reviews "On Thin Ice" by Charlie Walker, published by Duckworth Books. asianreviewofbooks.com/on-thin-ice-...

📰 Over the weekend in the ARB: Susan Blumberg-Kason reviews “Babylon, South Dakota” by Tom Lin @littlebrown.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/babylon-sout...

🗞️ This week's newsletter dropped today, featuring reviews of fiction and non-fiction, new book announcements and the ARB Podcast. Read it here: mailchi.mp/012ae9b4772d...

📰 Today in the ARB: Kateryna Shabelnyk reviews "Swell" by Son Bo-mi and translated by Janet Hong @twolinespress.com asianreviewofbooks.com/swell-by-son...

🎧️ Drops today: this week's ARB New Books Network Podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Robert Templer, author of "The Shah's Party" @hurstpublishers.bsky.social 👇️ Available at the link below and wherever you get your podcast. asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...

📰 Today in the ARB: Peter Gordon reviews "The Man Who Stole the Gods" by Matthew Campbell @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

📰 Today in the ARB: Mahitosh Gopal reviews "Fortress of the Forgotten Ones" by Fahmida Riaz, translated by Sana R Chaudhry and published by Open Letter Books. asianreviewofbooks.com/fortress-of-...

📰 Today in the ARB: Thảo Tô reviews "The Unrepentant" by Sharmini Aphrodite, published by Gaudy Boy. asianreviewofbooks.com/the-unrepent...

🎧️ Drops today: this week's ARB NBN podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Homa Katouzian, author of "Iran and the Revolution: A History" @yalepress.bsky.social. Available at the link below and wherever you get your podcasts. asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...

📰 Today in the ARB: Peter Gordon reviews "America, but Bigger" by Mark Kawar, published by Atmosphere Press. asianreviewofbooks.com/america-but-...

📰 Today in the ARB: Jonathan Han reviews Xu Zechen's "Night Train", translated to English by Jeremy Tiang and published by @twolinespress.com asianreviewofbooks.com/night-train-...

📰 This week in the ARB: Prarthana Prakash reviews Mamta Kalia's "Rat Race", translated to English by Jerry Pinto and published by Speaking Tiger Books.

📰 This week in the ARB: Rosie Milne reviews "The Country Doctor's Tale" by Mohamed Mansi Qandil, published by Syracuse University Press. asianreviewofbooks.com/the-country-...

🎧 Drops today: this week's ARB @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Shefalee Vasudev, author of “Stories We Wear”, published by Westland Books. asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...

📰 Today in the ARB: Soni Wadhwa reviews “The Lady Who Carried the Monk Across the River: A Parable for Ordinary People” by Pavan K Varma, published by Penguin India. asianreviewofbooks.com/the-lady-who...

📰 Over the weekend in the ARB: Susan Blumberg-Kason reviews “Question 27 & 28” by Karen Tei Yamashita @graywolfpress.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/questions-27...

📰 Today in the ARB: Stephen Mercado reviews “Witness to Korea, 1945-47: The Unfolding of an Authoritarian Regime” by by Frank Hoffmann and Mark E. Caprio, published by Academia published by Academia Publishing. asianreviewofbooks.com/witness-to-k...

📰 Today in the ARB: Kateryna Shabelnyk reviews "Sisters in Yellow" by Mieko Kawakami @picadorbooks.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/sisters-in-y...

📰 Over the weekend in the ARB: Peter Gordon reviews "Gooday Nagar" by Maithreyi Karnoor @westlandbooks.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/gooday-nagar...

🗞️ This week's ARB newsletter: reviews, podcasts and announcements of new non-fiction: mailchi.mp/95a70a888d23...

📰 Today in the ARB: Jianan Qian reviews "The Memory Museum" by M Lin, published by Graywolf Press. asianreviewofbooks.com/the-memory-m...

🎧 Drops today: this week's ARB @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Fyodor Tertitskiy, author of “Pyongyang on the Brink: Sixteen Crises That Shaped North Korea” @hurstpublishers.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...

📰 Today in the ARB: David Chaffetz reviews "The Race for Universal Monarchy" by Ebru Turan @columbiaup.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/the-race-for...

📰 Today in the ARB: Susan Blumberg-Kason reviews "Inheritance" by Jane Park @pegasus-books.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/inheritance-...

📰 Over the weekend in the ARB: Kalpana Mohan reviews “Stories We Wear” by Shefalee Vasudev @westlandbooks.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/stories-we-w...

🗞️ This week's ARB newsletter: reviews, podcasts and announcements of new non-fiction mailchi.mp/8f93d74e5e55...

📰 Today in the ARB: Peter Gordon reviews “Troubled Waters” by Ichiyo Higuchi and translated by Bryan Karetnyk @pushkinpress.com asianreviewofbooks.com/troubled-wat...

🎧 Drops today: this week's ARB @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Julia Stephens, author of “Worldly Afterlives: Tracing Family Trails Between India and Empire ” @princetonupress.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...

📰 Today in the ARB: Francis P Sempa reviews "China's Mahan" by Xiaobing Li @usni.org asianreviewofbooks.com/chinas-mahan...

📰 Today in the ARB: Ben Woollard reviews "Earth, Water & Fire" by Eiji Yoshikawa and Alexander Bennet (trans.) published by Tuttle Publishing asianreviewofbooks.com/earth-water-...

📰 Over the weekend in the ARB: Vikram Zutshi reviews "Murder in Byzantium" by Julia Kristeva, translated by C Jon Delogu @columbiaup.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/murder-in-by...

📰 Today in the ARB: @susanbk.bsky.social reviews "The Moys of New York and Shanghai" by Charlotte Brooks @ucpress.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/the-moys-of-...

🎧️ Drops today: this week's ARB @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Paul Blustein, author of “King Dollar: The Past and Future of the World's Dominant Currency” @yalepress.bsky.social