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FROM: "McDonald, Ed" <[removed]@plcmc.org>
REC'D: 1/20/05, 11:06 AM

I have a pretty good list going so far. I'm looking for novelists from Asia
who have had their work translated into English and also Asian-American
writers who write in English. I mostly need contemporary authors who will
be readily in print.

Thanks.

Ed McDonald
Charlotte, NC
PLCMC

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/20/05, 11:35 AM

Amy Tan, of course.
Gus Lee.
C. Y. Lee (the fellow who wrote the novel that "Flower Drum Song" was based
on).
Junichuro Kawabata.
The author of the "Sea of Fertility" cycle, whose name momentarily escapes
me...

FROM: Tori Anna Hersh <[removed]@indiana.edu>
REC'D: 1/20/05, 1:27 PM

Ho, Minfong is a Vietnamese author who writes mostly Young
Adult titles that are set in Thailand and Cambodia.

FROM: sfer <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 1/20/05, 1:33 PM

I know of a Junichiro Tanizaki and a Yasunari
Kawabata... maybe you mixed those two? Kenzaburo Oe,
Yukio Mishima, Ryu Murakami, Shan Sa, Wei Hui,
Xingjian Gao... If they have all been translated to
Spanish, I'm sure they are translated to English...
Maxine Hong Kingston and David Henry Hwang are the two
Asian American, besides Amy Tan, that come to mind,
and I'm sure you already have them on your list ;)

Hope this helps!

Silvia Fernandez
Biblioteca Josep Soler Vidal
Gava - Barcelona - Spain

--- christine jeffords <[removed]@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Amy Tan, of course.
> Gus Lee.
> C. Y. Lee (the fellow who wrote the novel that
> "Flower Drum Song" was based
> on).
> Junichuro Kawabata.
> The author of the "Sea of Fertility" cycle, whose
> name momentarily escapes
> me...

=====
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FROM: "Doyle, Marcy" <[removed]@cslibrary.org>
REC'D: 1/20/05, 1:55 PM

Hello--My favorite (other than Amy Tan) for your request is Gail
Tsukiyama (Samurai's Garden, Women of the Silk, Night of Many Dreams,
Dreaming Water). Another you probably want to include is Kyoko Mori
(The Dream of Water) and Sijie Dai (Balzac and the Little Chinese
Princess). If you wish to include non-fiction I would add Mah Adeline
Yen (Falling Leaves The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter).
Hope this helps,

Marcy Doyle
Reference Librarian
Carol Stream Public LIbrary
616 Hiawatha Drive
Carol Stream, IL 60188
630-653-0755
www.cslibrary.org

FROM: "Susan Creed" <[removed]@spokanelibrary.org>
REC'D: 1/20/05, 3:14 PM

Are you including Indian and Indian-American authors? There are lots of
them, which I would be glad to try to list if you are including that
ethnicity.

Here are four from 2004:
The Sari Shop Bijwa
Serving Crazy with Curry Malladi
The Tree Bride Mukerjhee
Goddess for Hire Singh

Susan Creed
Reference Librarian
Spokane Public Library
Spokane, WA

FROM: Karen Langner <[removed]@tln.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 1/20/05, 3:14 PM

Anchee Min
Han Shaogong
Gao Xingjian
Vyvyane Loh
Dai Sijie (translated from the French)

Karen Langner

Waterford Township Public Library
5168 Civic Center Dr.
Waterford, MI 48329
www.waterford.lib.mi.us
ph: 248-618-7484
fax: 248-674-1910

FROM: "Colcord, Lisa" <[removed]@GLENDALEAZ.com>
REC'D: 1/20/05, 3:25 PM

Bette Bao Lord who wrote Spring Moon.

Lisa Colcord
Outreach Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, Az

Petulia liked animals, especially pigs, because they had wobbly noses.
Tiffany quite liked animals too, but no one except other animals liked
animals as much as Petulia.

Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky
page 102

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Doyle, Marcy
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 12:17 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Asian novelists

Hello--My favorite (other than Amy Tan) for your request is Gail
Tsukiyama (Samurai's Garden, Women of the Silk, Night of Many Dreams,
Dreaming Water). Another you probably want to include is Kyoko Mori
(The Dream of Water) and Sijie Dai (Balzac and the Little Chinese
Princess). If you wish to include non-fiction I would add Mah Adeline
Yen (Falling Leaves The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter).
Hope this helps,

Marcy Doyle
Reference Librarian
Carol Stream Public LIbrary
616 Hiawatha Drive
Carol Stream, IL 60188
630-653-0755
www.cslibrary.org

FROM: "Thompson, Jennifer" <[removed]@wellmark.com>
REC'D: 1/20/05, 3:48 PM

I think I missed a digest. Has anyone mentioned Banana Yoshomoto?

Jennifer Thompson
http://www.tworiverssoaps.com

FROM: Laura Dudnik <[removed]@epl.org>
REC'D: 1/20/05, 4:32 PM

Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Thai American author of the new book of stories,
Sightseeing.


Laura Dudnik
Head, Reader's Services
Evanston Public Library
1703 Orrington [removed]@epl.org
Evanston, Illinois 60201 (847)866-0300, Fax (847)866-0313

FROM: "McDonald, Ed" <[removed]@plcmc.org>
REC'D: 1/20/05, 4:50 PM

I am definately adding novelists from the Indian subcontinent!

Thanks,

Ed McDonald


-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Creed
To: Fiction_L
Sent: 1/20/2005 3:33 PM
Subject: Asian authors

Are you including Indian and Indian-American authors? There are lots of
them, which I would be glad to try to list if you are including that
ethnicity.

Here are four from 2004:
The Sari Shop Bijwa
Serving Crazy with Curry Malladi
The Tree Bride Mukerjhee
Goddess for Hire Singh

Susan Creed
Reference Librarian
Spokane Public Library
Spokane, WA

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 1/20/05, 5:49 PM

At 11:59 AM 1/20/2005, you wrote:
>I have a pretty good list going so far. I'm looking for novelists from Asia
>who have had their work translated into English and also Asian-American
>writers who write in English. I mostly need contemporary authors who will
>be readily in print.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Ed McDonald
>Charlotte, NC
>PLCMC

Somtow Sucharitkul, whose books these days mostly appear as by "S. P.
Somtow" --
webpage at

http://somtow.com/bio.html

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: "Colcord, Lisa" <[removed]@GLENDALEAZ.com>
REC'D: 1/20/05, 6:48 PM

Then definitely add Arundhati Roy!

Lisa Colcord
Outreach Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, Az

Petulia liked animals, especially pigs, because they had wobbly noses.
Tiffany quite liked animals too, but no one except other animals liked
animals as much as Petulia.

Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky
page 102

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of McDonald, Ed
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 2:31 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Asian authors

I am definately adding novelists from the Indian subcontinent!

Thanks,

Ed McDonald


-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Creed
To: Fiction_L
Sent: 1/20/2005 3:33 PM
Subject: Asian authors

Are you including Indian and Indian-American authors? There are lots of
them, which I would be glad to try to list if you are including that
ethnicity.

Here are four from 2004:
The Sari Shop Bijwa
Serving Crazy with Curry Malladi
The Tree Bride Mukerjhee
Goddess for Hire Singh

Susan Creed
Reference Librarian
Spokane Public Library
Spokane, WA

FROM: "Carol Leckie" <[removed]@county-lambton.on.ca>
REC'D: 1/21/05, 7:38 AM

Shyam Selvadurai
Rohinton Mistry
Are two of my favourites

Carol E. Leckie, MLS
Adult Services Librarian, Lambton County Library
Check out our website at www.lambtonlibrary.org
Caring *Growing *Innovative
"I have had such a delicious, wonderful time reading." ~ Oprah Winfrey

FROM: "Myra Emmons" <[removed]@metrocast.net>
REC'D: 1/21/05, 7:49 AM

Samina Ali
Ha Jin

Myra Emmons
New Hampton, NH
GNL

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of McDonald, Ed
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 12:00 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Asian novelists

I have a pretty good list going so far. I'm looking for novelists from
Asia
who have had their work translated into English and also Asian-American
writers who write in English. I mostly need contemporary authors who
will
be readily in print.

Thanks.

Ed McDonald
Charlotte, NC
PLCMC

FROM: "Annie Haynes" <[removed]@netxv.net>
REC'D: 1/21/05, 10:07 AM

One of my all-time favorite books:

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Booker Prize Winner)

Also, I read just a couple of weeks ago a first novel by an author that
I enjoyed very much:

The Last Song of Dusk by Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

I read one a couple of years ago that is a wonderful story of life in
India and America;

Sisters of the Heart by Chitra Divakaruni.

Hope this is helpful!

Annie Haynes
Gilmer Memorial Library
Rocksprings, TX

FROM: Cynthia Miller <[removed]@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/21/05, 10:52 AM

If you don't have this one already: In the Miso Soup, by Ryu Murakami
(2003). Also by the same author: Coin Locker Babies (1995).

Cynthia Miller
Glenview Public Library
Glenview IL 60025
847-729-7500

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 1/21/05, 12:01 PM

I hope this one did not get overlooked.
Virkam Seth's "A Suitable Boy"

Lesley Jakacki
McHenry Public Library District
McHenry, IL

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/21/05, 12:57 PM

>From: "Susan Creed" <[removed]@spokanelibrary.org>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Asian authors
>Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:33:27 -0800
>
>Are you including Indian and Indian-American authors? There are lots of
>them, which I would be glad to try to list if you are including that
>ethnicity.
>
>Here are four from 2004:

...to say nothing of Kamala Markandaya ("Nectar in a Sieve") and ---
Narayan.

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/21/05, 1:09 PM

Somtow Sucharitkul, aka S. P. Somtow. A Thai who writes sf and horror.

FROM: "Bryn Wittmayer" <[removed]@cityofsalem.net>
REC'D: 1/21/05, 2:20 PM

A few mystery authors that I really like are:

Qui Xiolong - Inspector Chen series set in contemporary China about
police detective: Death of a Red Heroine, a Loyal Character Dancer; and
When Red is Black.

Laura Joh Rowland - Sano Ichiro series set in fedudal Japan: Shinju,
Bundori, Way of the Traitor etc.

Bryn E. Wittmayer
Salem Public Library
Bookmobile
503-588-6163
[removed]@cityofsalem.net

"I sometimes fear that this business of life getting in the way of my
reading will drive me slowly insane." Martha C. Lawrence
>>> [removed]@plcmc.org 01/20/05 8:59 AM >>>
I have a pretty good list going so far. I'm looking for novelists from
Asia
who have had their work translated into English and also Asian-American
writers who write in English. I mostly need contemporary authors who
will
be readily in print.

Thanks.

Ed McDonald
Charlotte, NC
PLCMC

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/21/05, 3:57 PM

>From: "Bryn Wittmayer" <[removed]@cityofsalem.net>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: Asian novelists
>Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:07:03 -0800
>
>A few mystery authors that I really like are:

Also Dale Furutani, who has two series (one featuring Ken Tanaka, a modern
computer programmer in LA, and the other Matsauyama Kaze, a "17th-Century
rogue samurai"). And Sujata Massey, whose sleuth is Rei Shimura, a Tokyo
antiques dealer.

FROM: Kathleen Martin <[removed]@gvpl.ca>
REC'D: 1/21/05, 4:35 PM

Wayson Choy is a Chinese Canadian author. His fine novels include: The
jade peony and All that matters

Also Joy Kogawa. Her two novels : Obason and Itsuka deal with the
internment of Japanese Canadians during WW 2

Also Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient, In the skin of a
lion, Anil's Ghost was born in Sri Lanka

Kathleen Martin
Co-ordinator of Community Services
Greater Victoria Public Library
Victoria, B.C.

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Bryn Wittmayer wrote:

> A few mystery authors that I really like are:
>
> Qui Xiolong - Inspector Chen series set in contemporary China about
> police detective: Death of a Red Heroine, a Loyal Character Dancer; and
> When Red is Black.
>
> Laura Joh Rowland - Sano Ichiro series set in fedudal Japan: Shinju,
> Bundori, Way of the Traitor etc.
>
> Bryn E. Wittmayer
> Salem Public Library
> Bookmobile
> 503-588-6163
> [removed]@cityofsalem.net
>
> "I sometimes fear that this business of life getting in the way of my
> reading will drive me slowly insane." Martha C. Lawrence
>>>> [removed]@plcmc.org 01/20/05 8:59 AM >>>
> I have a pretty good list going so far. I'm looking for novelists from
> Asia
> who have had their work translated into English and also Asian-American
> writers who write in English. I mostly need contemporary authors who
> will
> be readily in print.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ed McDonald
> Charlotte, NC
> PLCMC
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