Brave Warriors of Renown
Kabuki - set detail, Japan
20 November 2013, Sian L Jones
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Great Books of the Twentieth Century in Japanese Literary Fiction Writing
The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawbata
Nobel Laureate (Literature)1968
The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai (nee Shuji Tsushima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea
by Yukio Mishima
(nee Kimitake Hiraoka)
Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe
Consider looking for more recently written novels by Japanese authors that have been translated into English. Try a Google search for something like <contemporary Japanese fiction in English>.
Great Wall, China
5 September 2005; flickr.com; Craig Nagy (Frayed, Vancouver, Canada)
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Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
Nobel Laureate (Literature) 2000
The Vagrants by Yiyun Li
A Single Swallow by Zhang Ling
Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong
The Seventh Day by Yu Hua
Dream of Ding Village by Yah Lianke
Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
by Jung Chang
The Lost Daughter of Happiness
by Geling Yan
Stick Out Your Tongue by Ma Jian
The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
The Dark Road by Ma JIn
Frontier by Can Xue
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow by Wang Anyi
Running Through Beijing by Xu Zechen
Temple Guardian, South Korea
16 December 2018; Vanlewen; CC-by-s-a-4.0,
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Mina by Kim Sagwa, Bruce Fulton (tr.), & Ju-Chan Fulton (tr.)
There a Petal Silently Falls: Three Stories by Ch'oe Yun, Bruce Fulton (tr.), & Ju-Chan Fulton (tr.)
The Future of Silence: Fiction by Korean Women by Ju-Chan Fulton, et al.
The Dwarf (Modern Korean Fiction) by Cho Se-hui, Bruce Fulton (tr.), & Ju-Chan Fulton (tr.)
The Human Jungle by Cho Chongnae, et al.
River of Fire and Other Stories (Weatherhead Books on Asia) by Chonghui O, Bruce Fulton (tr.), & Ju-chan Fulton (tr.)
Lost Souls: Stories (Weatherhead Books on Asia) by Hwang Sunwon, Bruce Fulton, & Ju-Chan Fulton (translators)
Wayfarer: New Fiction by Korean Women, edited and translated by Bruce Fulton & Ju-Chan Fulton
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin
Catcher in the Loft by Un-yong Ch'on
Sunset: A Ch'ae Manshik Reader by Ch'ae Manshik, edited and translated by Bruce Fulton & Ju-Chan Fulton
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