Convenience Store Woman is the heartwarming and surprising story of thirty-six-year-old Tokyo resident Keiko Furukura. Keiko has never fit in, neither in her family, nor in school,… Read more “Reading Adventure Review: June (East Asia)”
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Reading Adventure Review: May (South Asia)
A gangly young girl transforms her village with a revolutionary idea. Sixty-eight-year-old Noni Appa finds herself drawn to a married man – ‘Why do people have to… Read more “Reading Adventure Review: May (South Asia)”
Reading Adventure Review: April (Northern/Central Asia)
As a young reporter in Uzbekistan, Bagila Bukharbayeva was a witness to her countrys search for an identity after the collapse of the Soviet Union. While self-proclaimed… Read more “Reading Adventure Review: April (Northern/Central Asia)”
Reading Adventure Review: March (Eastern Europe)
During the Soviet Occupation of Ukraine in a Hutsul village, a young orphaned traumatized woman named Darusya is trying to overcome her horrible recollections. She only knows… Read more “Reading Adventure Review: March (Eastern Europe)”
Reading Adventure Review: February (Western Europe)
A darkly funny coming-of-age story from an award-winning, bestselling German author making his American debut. Maik Klingenberg doesn’t get why people think he’s boring. Sure, he doesn’t… Read more “Reading Adventure Review: February (Western Europe)”
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