Fantasy / Asian literature

Red Earth and Pouring Rain: A Novel

Commonwealth Best First Book Prize 1996

by Vikram Chandra

Combining Indian myths, epic history, and the story of three college kids in search of America, a narrative includes the monkey's story of an Indian poet and warrior and an American road novel of college students...

Immortal

by Wimon Sainimnuan

 An ageing tycoon wants to achieve immortality 

by grafting his brain onto a younger body 

— until he is challenged by his very clone. 

At stake, there is more than the control of his business empire.

A Thai...

Venom

by Saneh Sangsuk

 A crippled boy plays with his puppets and dreams of glory

until the female cobra he disturbs by his show rushes at him.

The life-and-death struggle that follows has but a predictable end

– or has it?

This...