Authors:
Choo, Yangsze
Translated by:
Kupčinskienė, Irena
Translated from:
English
Published on:
2021
“The Night Tiger” is a work of historical fiction, which is full of elements of fantasy and magic, a story shrouded in mystery and intrigue, which tells about trustworthiness, righteousness, wisdom, benevolence and propriety. These five virtues of Confucianism intertwine with the destinies of the people and cause considerable confusion in the quiet lives of the book characters.
The clever and enchanting protagonist Ji Lin works as a tailor because in the 1930s in colonial Malaysia women did not have much chance of reaching great career heights. The young girl has a secret – she works in the dance hall in the More
Authors:
Choo, Yangsze
Translated by:
Kupčinskienė, Irena
Translated from:
English
Published on:
2020
“Ghost bride” is a fiction piece full of adventures, mystery as well as unexpected turns of events. The author of the book Yangsze Choo not only tells an intriguing story, but reveals details about Chinese folklore, traditions and local religions as well.
The action takes place in the end of 19th century, British Malaya (currently a territory of Malaysia). The main character Li Lan is a young girl from respectful but impoverished household. Li Lan has lost her mother when she was a child, thus she More
Authors:
Nguyen, Viet Thanh
Translated by:
Rosenaitė, Ina
Translated from:
English
Published on:
2020
A “Sympathizer” is a semi-French, semi-Vietnamese anonymous narrator whose story becomes confession.
The story begins with the collapse of Saigon, during which the protagonist holds the position of assistant to a high-ranking special unit, the central anti-communist intelligence organization of the South Vietnamese Army. Yet, it is soon revealed to readers that the protagonist is not as he presents himself, in fact, he is a communist spy tasked with monitoring and reporting on all the activities of the Special Division in America. When the main character is transferred to the United States under the guise of an assistant in the Department of Oriental Studies, he does not end the mission entrusted to him and with a secret letters informs the Communists about the counter-revolutionary plans being developed for Vietnam. Although the Vietnam War is coming to an end, Vietnam’s struggle against communism is still gaining momentum. More
Authors:
Kwan, Kevin
Translated by:
Karsbo, Ligita
Translated from:
English
Published on:
2020
Nicholas Young works as a lecturer at New York University, lives a quiet life and at first glance looks like a simple, intellectual New Yorker. This is how about him thinks and his colleague Rachel Chu, who spends time with him romantically. Still, the passive life that Nicholas developed in New York is not similar to the one he left in Singapore.
Reichell, who was invited to go to Nicholas best friend’s wedding, hoped to see a modest home and was most worried about how to behave, in case, not to offend her lover’s family by lack of her cultural knowledge. At that time, on the other end of the world, the news that Nicholas Young was returning home and taking a girlfriend together had been the hottest gossip for some time. More
Authors:
Badani, Sejal
Translated by:
Banelytė, Antanina
Translated from:
English
Published on:
2019
“The Secret of a Storyteller” is a story of a woman who, in order to run away from her problems and mend the pieces of her broken heart, goes on a trip to her family’s homeland India. However, even here she faces with family secrets that have never been revealed before.
Jaya is a journalist born to a family of immigrants from India and living in New York. After having her third miscarriage, she finally breaks down, her relationship with her husband Patrick completely shatters and they decide to separate. Suffering from an unbearable feeling of loss and no longer knowing her further path, she visits her parents. There she More
Authors:
Tan, Twan Eng
Translated by:
Raudonikienė, Eglė
Translated from:
English
Published on:
2018
The protagonist of the novel, Yun Ling Teoh, is a Chinese lawyer who studied in the West and was one of the first women to work at Malaysia’s Supreme Court. Due to progressing senile dementia, she decides to end her career and return to a tea plantation surrounded by the jungle. While reminiscing, she goes back to the years of World War II, where she experienced the greatest horror of her life, and tells her story about an extraordinary experience while learning the art of Japanese gardening. The narrative of the book consists of three time slots. Present time, that is the in the late 1980s, when Yun Ling writes down her memories as her illness worsens to preserve them. The second period of time is after the Second World War, when she, as a young prosecutor, enraged that the British Malay leaders did little to help the victims of war crimes in Japan, comes to the mountains to learn the art of gardening. And finally, she opens up about the third, most painful part of life, telling what exactly happened to her and her sister in the prison camp. More
Authors:
Kurniawan, Eka
Translated by:
Kelerienė, Vaida
Translated from:
English
Published on:
2018
“Beauty Is a Wound” is an extraordinary story of a beauty, her family and those around her, full of the author’s volatile imagination. The book not only stands out for its extraordinary style of magical realism, but also for elements of Indonesian history that will broaden a readers’ knowledge of the country.
Devi Aju rose from the grave, where she had been resting for 21 years. Such an unusual and startling beginning of the book immerses the reader in the mysterious world of Indonesia from the very first pages. During her life, Devi Aju gave birth to four daughters: three extraordinary beauties and one terribly ugly. But most of all, she rejoices at the youngest because before her birth, Devi Aju prayed for the baby to have the worst look possible. And the motto of the novel: “there is no more terrible curse than to give birth to a beautiful girl in the world of men who are more crazy than ruminating dogs” perfectly justifies every action Devi Aju takes in the story. Beauty is not a blessing, even though it is coveted, at the end, it remains desecrated or even cursed. Devi Aju is the most beautiful and coveted prostitute in all of Halimunda. This is where the main action of the story revolves, around the daughters, their beauty, love, suffering and their husbands – sometimes cruel and ruthless, but most of the time, just looking to fulfill their sexual desires. More
Authors:
Shafak, Elif
Translated by:
Žalytė-Steiblienė, Danguolė
Translated from:
English
Published on:
2017
Elif Shafak is titled as one of the most famous and prominent writers in Turkey. The author of the book “The Architect’s apprentice” explicitly and vividly describes various places, scents and people of Turkey and India. The book also mentions life experiences and hardships of the main characters. All of this helps to delve into the ages of 16th century’s Ottoman Empire. According to the author, the idea of the book started developing quite spontaneously: whilst driving through More
Authors:
Gowda, Shilpi Somaya
Translated by:
Žalytė-Steiblienė, Danguolė
Translated from:
English
Published on:
2016
Plot of the book takes place in nowadays India and tells the story about two juveniles. Anill and Leena, both born in little village in India, were best friends in their childhood years. Sadly, when they became teenagers they had been separated by their social differences and by different destinies which are planned for them. Anil is from one of the most families in his rural area, he has and opportunity to study in the United States and become a wealthy doctor. Later on he must inherit the … More
Authors:
Swarup, Vikas
Translated by:
Rosenaitė, Ina
Translated from:
English
Published on:
2016
The author, Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup is best known for his famous book and its screening, which in 2009 won seven Oscars. However, after that followed the second book, which is just as attention worthy as the first one, the detective ,,Six Suspects“.
This book tells a story about the murder case of Vicky Rai and a search of a killer. Vicky Rai is the son of a corrupt More
