An unusual book of quirky essays, some deeply personal. Xu Xi writes from within, of Hong Kong’s vanishing culture and s......more
The classic bestselling Chinese novel spanning four decades following the creation of the People s Republic in 1949, tra......more
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One of the richest and most rewarding, yet at the same time least familiar, traditions of Muslim literature is that of t......more
寫作滿三十年前夕 村上春樹透過談跑步 道出自己不為人所知的寫作觀 25年前村上春樹開始他的第一次跑步,那是1982年的秋天,三十三歲那一年,寫完《尋羊冒險記》,村上先生因為戒菸而體重增加,為了減...more
Mohammad Ali Taha is a well-known Palestinian writer residing in Galilee as an Israeli citizen. Despite his fame in the ......more
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In this pioneering study of the entire written works of Gao Xingjian ( ), China’s first winner of the Nobel Prize for Li......more
She is the most celebrated woman in Chinese history. Her story is told a thousand and one times through the centuries. H......more
Shusha Guppy, editor of The London Paris Review and prize winning author, narrates this unique collection of Persian sto......more
二十五年前,一九七九年九月七日,村上春樹以小說《聽風的歌》拿下講談社所辦的群象新人獎,風格新穎廣受年輕人歡迎,被視為日本文學新旗手,一九八八當年更以愛情小說《挪威的森林》創下四百萬冊的天量,...more
This abridged edition of Haruo Shirane s popular anthology, Early Modern Japanese Literature, retains the essential text......more
An epic novel of love, loss and a family uprooted, set in the contrasting landscapes of war-torn Sri Lanka and immigrant......more
The third volume cataloguing the Arabic material at the Royal Library, Copenhagen, describes 356 manuscripts. These incl......more
Meng Jiangnü Brings Down the Great Wall brings together ten versions of a popular Chinese legend that has intrigued read......more
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The Mahfouz Dialogs records the memories, views, and jokes of Naguib Mahfouz on subjects ranging from politics to the re......more
側對面的山坡上,大群的黃羊仍在警惕地搶草吃,但似乎還沒有發現狼群的陰謀。狼群包圍線的一端,已越來越靠近兩人的雪窩,陳陣(Chen Zhen)一動也不敢動,他感到自己幾乎凍成了一具冰雕…… 這是陳陣在草原...more
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New paperback edition of a bestselling compilation of Gibran’s poetry Poet, artist, mystic, and author of "The Prophet",......more
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Classical Chinese poetry reached its pinnacle during the T ang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), and the poets of the late T ang-a......more
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This translation provides access to a work of rare importance for the study of the social, economic, and intellectual li......more
English description: This volume is the first attempt to present omen and taboo texts from Georgia in a structured form,......more
People have become corrupt everywhere. You can search in vain for justice or true morality. They no longer exist. Kafr ......more
This volume introduces students of literature to the rich literary traditions in short fiction from the four South India......more
In this book, Hussam S. Timani compiles and assesses the modern literature on the Kharijites, a seventh-century Islamic ......more
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This groundbreaking book by the eminent Peking University professor Hong Zicheng covers the literary scene in China duri......more
This collection of writings from Lafcadio Hearn paints a rare and fascinating picture of pre-modern Japan. Over a centur......more
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Bringing together texts from a variety of sectarian traditions, this reader provides the broadest selection of primary s......more
This new six-volume Major Work from Edition Synapse brings together for the first time Yone Noguchi s works in English, ......more
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Subject of a full-length segment on Morning Edition when it first appeared in hardcover, Literature from the "Axis of Ev......more
This new series was established to collect various primary source materials selected from contemporary publications and ......more
This book is a feast for the nose! Transports of Delight is a celebration through verse of man’s extraordinary sensory w......more
Composed between 800 and 950 AD, this work is one of the best-known of all works in Sanskrit literature. A collection of......more
A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check an unusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman ......more
This work is intended to be a national collection of Philippine riddles from all over the country--from Batanes to Jolo.......more
二十五年前,一九七九年九月七日,村上春樹以小說《聽風的歌》拿下講談社所辦的群象新人獎,風格新穎廣受年輕人歡迎,被視為日本文學新旗手,一九八八當年更以愛情小說《挪威的森林》創下四百萬冊的天量,...more
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One night Jose Antonio Maria Vaz hears gunfire from the deserted theatre next door to his bakery. He races to the theatr......more
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Stories to Caution the World is the first complete translation of Jingshi tongyan, the second of Feng Menglong’s three c......more
One of the best-selling and best-loved books of recent years, ”Wild Swans” is an epic true story of how one family lived......more
Following the reprint of Recollections by Marianne North, a leading lady traveller in the Victorian era, Edition Synapse......more
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That year, quite a shocking incident occurred... So reminisces old Hanshichi in a story from one of Japan s most beloved......more
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With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel capture......more
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Gender and Story in South India presents exciting ethnographic research by Indian women scholars on Hindu and Muslim wom......more
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Saudi Arabia has changed beyond all recognition in the past few decades, and the country s writers have been pre-eminent......more
"Gender, Modernity and Liberty" presents a dialogue between Western and Middle Eastern women that is often presumed neve......more