Category: Literature & Art

  A novel about a seemingly mundane, unlikely friendship between two women, Woman on the Other Shore traces the journey of Sayoko and Aoi towards self-discovery. While it may sound […]

Marc Henrich W. Go University of Santo Tomas  

  Banana Yoshimoto’s works are well-known in Japan and fairly popular elsewhere. Ever since the acclaimed Kitchen was released in 1996, expectations have been high for her novels. The Lake […]

The Blood of Flowers – Anita Amirrezvani Set in the 1620s in the Iranian city of Isfahan, The Blood of Flowers is a look at societal discrepancies and hypocrisies – […]

  An intimate and ultimately heartrending look at the Bangladesh war of 1971, A Golden Age is the story of Rehana, a young widow. Due to her situation and her […]

Kirk Patrick Y. Largo University of Cebu – Banilad Campus