Read an excerpt of the novel, translated by Sora Kim-Russell, on WWB. In I'll Be Right There, she traces the lives of four young friends as they navigate the political upheaval of 1980s South Korea. The 2012 winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize, Kyung-sook Shin is one of South Korea's most renowned novelists. I'll Be Right Thereby Kyung-sook Shin, translated from Korean by Sora Kim-Russell For a taste of her work, take a look at her short story “Beyond the Fog,” translated from Urdu by Muhammad Umar Memon. River of Fireby Qurratulain Hyder, self-translated from Urduĭescribed by Amitav Ghosh as “one of the most important Indian voices of the twentieth century,” Qurratulain Hyder translated her own sweeping novel River of Fire, which spans 2,500 years of history, from Urdu into English. Read an excerpt of Bonnie Huie's translation, which won the 2018 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize, or check out a section of Qiu's epistolary novel Last Words from Montmartre, translated by Ari Larissa Heinrich. Notes of a Crocodile is a queer coming-of-age classic by Qiu Miaojin, Taiwan's first openly lesbian writer. Notes of a Crocodileby Qiu Miaojin, translated from Chinese by Bonnie Huie Read Kawakami's short story “Where Have All the Sundays Gone?”, translated by Hitomi Yoshio, on WWB. Heaven, her most recent novel to appear in English, follows the friendship that develops between two middle school students who are both victims of bullying. One of Japan's most talented contemporary writers, Mieko Kawakami has won the country's top literary awards, including the Akutagawa Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, and the Murasaki Shikibu Prize. H eavenby Mieko Kawakami, translated from Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd For more from Pimwana, check out her short story collection Arid Dreams and her recent story “All Trash on the Eastern Side,” both translated by Mui Poopoksakul. The first novel by a Thai woman to be translated into English, Bright tells the story of a young boy who is collectively raised by his community after being abandoned by his father.

Brightby Duanwad Pimwana, translated from Thai by Mui Poopoksakul While this list is by no means comprehensive, we hope it will inspire you as you plan your reading list for #WITMonth and beyond.ġ. From Indonesia, Macau, Vietnam, India, and more, these titles range across genres and themes, delving into questions of migration, coming of age, family, politics, and much more. Happy #WITMonth! To celebrate this special occasion, we've chosen eleven books you won't want to miss by some of our favorite Asian women writers in the WWB archives.

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