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OLEANDER GIRL.
by Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee
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- Used - Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
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- near fine
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- (2012.)
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- SIGNED hardcover -
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- 9781451695656
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$26.50
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New York:: Simon & Schuster / Free Press,, (2012.). SIGNED hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. Seventh novel by this highly praised Asian American writer, the story of a young woman who leaves India for America in a search that will change her life. INSCRIBED on the title page. 289 pp. Item Price
$26.50
THEY PAINTED FROM THEIR HEARTS: PIONEER ASIAN AMERICAN ARTISTS / ASIAN AMERICAN ARTISTS DIRECTORY.
by Tsutakawa, Mayumi, editor; directory compiled by Alan Lau & Kazuko Nakane
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- Used - Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
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- 1994.
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- First edition -
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$21.50
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Seattle:: Wing Luke Asian Museum / University of Washington Press,, 1994.. First edition -. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. A catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Wing Luke Asian Museum September 9, 1994 through January 15, 1995. Of the 40 works in the exhibition, 18 are… Read more about this item Item Price
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DREAMS OF JOY.
by See, Lisa.
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
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- fine
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- (2011.)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9781400067114
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$20.00
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New York:: Random House,, (2011.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Novel which continues the story of the sisters Pearl and May from The Shanghai Girls, and that of Joy, the daughter of Pearl, who runs away to China in 1957, in the midst of the upheaval in that country, to find… Read more about this item Item Price
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WHERE THE DEAD PAUSE, AND THE JAPANESE SAY GOODBYE: A Journey.
by Mockett, Marie Mutsuki.
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- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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- (2015)
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- SIGNED first edition -
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$34.50
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New York:: W. W. Norton & Company,, (2015). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The author's family owns a Buddhist temple 25 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In March 2011, after the earthquake and tsunami, radiation levels prohibited the burial of her Japanese grandfather's bones.… Read more about this item Item Price
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IN HANUMAN'S HANDS: A Memoir.
by Rao, Cheeni.
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- Used - Near fine in near fine dust jacket (toning to pages)
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- near fine
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- (2009)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780060736620
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New York:: HarperOne / Harper Collins,, (2009). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (toning to pages) . First printing. The author's very highly praised first book (although he had short stories and plays published). Although Rao notes in his introduction that this is not a "factually accurate recounting of his life" but… Read more about this item Item Price
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A HEALING FAMILY.
by Oe, Kenzaburo.
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
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- fine
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- (1996)
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
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- 9784770020482
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Ione, California, USA
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$275.00
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New York:: Kodansha International,, (1996). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. His first book published after winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, a very personal nonfiction account which presents an intimate portrait of his son, born with a brain deformity, and reflects on the challenges and pleasures of raising a handicapped… Read more about this item Item Price
$275.00
SHEDDING SILENCE: Poetry and Prose
by Mirikitani, Janice
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- Used - Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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- 1987.
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- First edition -
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- 9780890874936
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$19.50
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Berkeley, CA:: Celestial Arts,, 1987.. First edition -. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Poems and pieces by this San Francisco author which present stunning images of urban life and of the internment experience which affected her own and many other Japanese American families. Glossary 166 pp. Item Price
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A RIVER SUTRA.
by Mehta, Gita.
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
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- fine
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- (1993)
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
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- 9780385470070
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New York:: Doubleday,, (1993). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. The author's third book, second novel, a "collection of interwoven stories, written in the traditional form of Indian storytelling, explores the savagery of human love and illuminate the paradoxes of India." SIGNED on the half title page. Glossary. Small format. 293… Read more about this item Item Price
$34.50
LAST MAN IN TOWER.
by Adiga, Aravind,
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
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- fine
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- 2011.
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780307594099
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$23.50
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New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2011.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. The third novel by this Booker Prize winning author. One man stands in the way of real estate developer Dharmen Shah's luxury high- rise: Masterji, a retired schoolteacher who will not leave his home in Vishram's Tower A.… Read more about this item Item Price
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RED SORGHUM: A Novel of China.
by Mo Yan (Guan Moye)
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- Used - Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
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- near fine
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- (1993)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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$85.00
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New York:: Viking,, (1993). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First US printing. The first novel by one of China's most innovative writers, and his first book to appear in English, translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt (with a note that, at the request of the author, this is based on… Read more about this item Item Price
$85.00
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IN THE MISO SOUP.
by Murakami, Ryu.
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- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. A scarce advance issue.
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- (2003)
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- First edition -
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$150.00
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New York, Tokyo & London:: Kodansha International,, (2003). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. A scarce advance issue. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A novel originally published in Japan in 1997. From the back cover: "Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on a guided tour… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
KOREAN COURT MUSIC AND DANCE: Monographs on Music Dance and Theater in Asia, Volume VI.
by Lee, Byong Won.
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- Used - Near fine.
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- (1979)
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- First edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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$25.00
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New York:: Performing Arts Program of the Asia Society, , (1979). First edition -. Near fine.. First printing. An eight page booklet printed on yellow card stock with tri-fold covers. A discussion of Korean traditional court music in Korea as a whole up to 1945, and in South Korea from 1945 on. Laid in is a… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
THE LEAVERS: A Novel.
by Ko, Lisa.
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
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- fine
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- (2017)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9781616206888
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Ione, California, USA
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$27.50
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Chapel Hill, NC:: Algonquin Books,, (2017). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's first novel, nominated for the National Book Award, 2017 and winner of the PEN/Bellweather Prize. "One morning, Deming Guos mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, goes to her job at a nail salonand never comes home. With… Read more about this item Item Price
$27.50
THE RENT COLLECTOR.
by Wright, Camron.
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- Used - Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
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- near fine
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- (2012)
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
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- 9781609071226
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Ione, California, USA
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$30.00
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Salt Lake City:: Shadow Mountain,, (2012). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. "Survival for Ki Lim and Sang Ly is a daily battle at Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in all of Cambodia. They make their living scavenging recyclables from the trash. . . Just when things seem… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
IF TODAY BE SWEET.
by Umrigar, Thrity.
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
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- fine
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- (2007)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780061240232
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New York:: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins),, (2007). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Novel by this award winning writer, the story of Tehmina, recently widowed, a Parsi from India visiting her son in Ohio, who is faced with the choice of whether to stay in America or not, - and whether… Read more about this item Item Price
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A SELECTION OF MICHIO KAMBAYASHI'S POEMS.
by Kambayashi, Michio (1914-2001); Shozo Tokunaga, translator.
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
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- fine
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- (1998)
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
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- 9784783710714
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$80.00
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Tokyo:: Library Shichosha,, (1998). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A selection of poems by this award-winning poet and critic, translated from the Japanese by Shozo Tokunaga, which includes poems spanning his entire career. SIGNED by Michio Kambayashi on a slip of paper printed "with the compliments of the author". Ribbon… Read more about this item Item Price
$80.00
KATHERINE
by Min, Anchee
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
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- fine
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- (1995.)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9781573220057
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New York:: Riverhead Books,, (1995.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Author's first novel (second book), the story of an American woman who comes to China to teach English. 241 pp. Item Price
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HUNGER: A Novella and Stories
by Chang, Lan Samantha
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- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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- 1998.
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- SIGNED first edition -
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$45.00
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New York:: Norton,, 1998.. SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Chang's highly praised first book containing the title novella and five stories of being a new immigrant in the US, SIGNED on the title page. 196 pp. . Item Price
$45.00
SOUL MOUNTAIN.
by Gao Xingjian.
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
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- fine
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- (2000.)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780066210827
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Ione, California, USA
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$40.00
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New York:: Harper Collins,, (2000.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.). First US printing. The first novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author to appear in English, published in the year he was awarded the prize, the first Chinese author to be named a Nobel laureate in literature. Translated from the Chinese by Mabel… Read more about this item Item Price
$40.00
TRUST EXERCISE.
by Choi, Susan.
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- Used - Very near fine in white printed wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
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- (2019)
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- First edition -
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$75.00
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New York:: Henry Holt,, (2019). First edition -. Very near fine in white printed wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.. Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) Her fifth novel, winner of the National Book Award, among other honors. The Washington Post commented "Choi's voice blends an adolescent's awe with an adult's irony. It's a letter-perfect satire of… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00