The Asian Book Group is an online book group that was formed in January 2010 based on our common interest in Asian literature, by Mee of Bookie Mee, David of Absorbed in Words, Michelle of su[shu], and Claire of kiss of cloud. Every quarter one of us will pick a book for the group in turn. So the discussions would most probably be in late March, June, September, and December.
Coincidentally, four of us are originated from South East Asia, so we might be leaning more towards that region or East Asia. Recommendations and book chat are always welcome.
The Next Book
Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang
Hosted by Claire @ kiss a cloud
Post of thoughts and discussions: 24-30 June 2010
The Past Books
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Hosted by Mee @ Bookie Mee
Post of thoughts and discussions: 25-31 March 2010
Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1932, The Good Earth tells a story about a poor farmer in China Wang-Lung and his simple down-to-earth wife O-Lan.
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) is American writer who spent the majority of her life in China. In 1938, she became the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, “for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces.”
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[…] A new venture has begun. A new book group has been formed. My partners in crime are David of Absorbed in Words, Michelle of su[shu], and Claire of kiss of cloud. We are going to pick a book every quarter on Asian literature–books set in Asia or by Asians. Hence the name: The Asian Book Group. […]
And I should specify further that it also happens that all four of us have Chinese Heritage. So it really is quite fitting that we start our journey in China 🙂
I should’ve mentioned that too. I’ll add that later 🙂
[…] posted an invite to you all to read The Good Earth together with our Asian Book Group. It is my pick for the first quarter of the year. I was delighted to find that four of us in the […]
[…] a while, because I’m reading short stories from Love in A Fallen City by Eileen Chang for our Asian book group this month which I will talk about after I finish the collection. I love that the book is set […]
[…] in a Fallen City was picked by Claire for our Asian Book Group. It’s a perfect selection after The Good Earth, because both women wrote in the same era, […]