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New booksJan 14, 2011Strict Chinese parenting Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother By Amy Chua (The Penguin Press, $25.95) Amy Chua is an American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants from the Philippines. She’s a professo... -
Korea Steady SellerJan 14, 2011Ideologies and families An Appointment with My Brother By Yi Mun-yol (Jimoondang, 5,000 won) Based on author Yi Mun-yol’s personal family history and literary imagination, “An Appointment with My... -
Best-selling author Kim Edwards dreamed of successJan 14, 2011Rarely does a writer immersed in the world of academia publish a first novel that becomes an international success, but that’s what happened to Kim Edwards. In 2005, the University of Kentucky creat... -
An author’s journey to print on demandJan 14, 2011Seattle-area writer Matt Briggs has published six books. In 1999 his first novel got a half-page review in The New York Times Book Review, the literary equivalent of winning the lottery. That’s the ... -
Over 3,300 Korean relics organized in catalogueJan 11, 2011The Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea announced Tuesday that it has published a three-volume catalogue that introduces 3,361 Korean relics including 316 “eobo,” or royal seals. The catalogue... -
‘Moon Over Manifest,’ ‘Amos McGee’ win book awardsJan 11, 2011LOS ANGELES ― “Moon Over Manifest,” Clare Vanderpool’s story of a girl in Depression-era Kansas who investigates a hidden past, was awarded the prestigious Newbery Medal on Monday as the American Lib...
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New BooksJan 7, 2011Modern Middle East Tablet & Pen Edited by Reza Aslan (W.W. Norton, $35) The West’s perception of the Middle East as mysterious, exotic and savage has changed little since the days of Napoleon mor... -
Korea steady sellerJan 7, 2011The national trauma The Wounded By Lee Chung-joon Translated by Jennifer M. Lee (Jimoondang, 5,000 won) The Korean War (1950-1953) left both physical and psychological wounds to its people. Lee ... -
Readers on the case: favorite mysteries set in EuropeJan 7, 2011This past fall I put out a call to readers: Send me your favorite mysteries set in other countries, written by international (e.g., not American) writers. I’m glad I asked ... I think. Already the m... -
Making books do things e-books can’tJan 7, 2011At a garage studio in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Eagle Rock, Lisa Pearson is publishing books with the skill of a craftsman, framing the printed word as a work of art. One volume, “Torture of W... -
New edition removes Twain’s ‘offensive’ wordsJan 5, 2011MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) ― Mark Twain wrote that “the difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter.” A new edition of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom...
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Revolutionary book that inspired Gandhi turns 150Jan 3, 2011WASHINGTON (AFP) ― It was 150 years ago that the book “Unto This Last” was published, a groundbreaking work that turned economic thinking on its head and profoundly influenced the views of many inclu... -
Century after death, Tolstoy sidelined in modern RussiaNov 21, 2010MOSCOW (AFP) ― A century ago, all of Russia mourned Leo Tolstoy’s death at a backwater train station. But today the novelist and pacifist, who abhorred any form of government, is more respected in th...
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