A North Korean fisherman’s boat strays into enemy waters after his net accidentally jams the motor. The South Koreans promptly take him into custody to rule him out as a …
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In their remarkable feature debut, screenwriter Florence Chan and director Wong Chun portray the traumatic homecoming of a young man named Tung (Shawn Yue) after he is released from a …
480 ‘Escape to Gold Mountain’, a graphic novel by David H.T. Wong, is a retelling of his family’s stories, intertwining it with one of the largest human migrations in history. …
Kathryn Ma’s ‘The Year She Left Us’ opens with Ari-full name Ariadne-wandering a maze of conflicting identities. Abandoned in a shopping mall in Kunming, China, she finds herself adopted by …
Terry Woo’s first novel emerged in 2000, right at the start of what has been termed the Pacific Century and getting shortlisted for the Asian-Canadian Writer’s Workshop Award in the …
After learning that rich gangsters have abducted his estranged son, a former street ruffian makes repeated attempts to save him—in a covert bid to atone for ditching the boy and …
The Shadow Hero By Gene Luen Yang & Sonny Liew First Second (July 2014) 176 Pages, $17.99 (Paperback) Reviewed by Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon On October 27, the day before …
HANA HASHIMOTO, SIXTH VIOLIN BY CHIERI UEGAKI & ILLUSTRATED BY QIN LENG KIDS CAN PRESS (AUGUST 2014) 32 PAGES, $18.95 (HARDCOVER) REVIEWED BY MIRANDA MENG Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin …
CYCLING WITH THE DRAGON BY ELAINE WOO NIGHTWOOD EDITIONS (SEPTEMBER 2014) 96 PAGES, $18.95 (PAPERBACK) REVIEWED BY YILIN WANG Cycling with the Dragon, the debut poetry collection by …
PARENTING WITHOUT BORDERS by CHRISTINE GROSS-LOH Avery (May 2 2013) 320 pages, $17 (Paperback) REVIEWED BY RACHEL ROSE Every now and then I read a book that changes the …