Category: Books
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An early edition of ‘The World ofSuzie Wong’. Published in 1957. this is a paperback tie-in with the film. Starring one of the first Asian actors in Hollywood, Nancy Kwan (1939-), it was filmed in 1961.Note the use of ‘Chop Suey’ font; the book was racy stuff, concerning bar girls and an interracial romance .…
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An ancient text published almost 2000 years ago, The Kama Sutra is perhaps the most famous erotic text of them all. The book has become a shorthand for an eastern sex manual, yet this is doing the book a disservice. It is as much an treatise of marriage and courtship as it is a sex…
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Here’s a little known but important fact: most restaurants don’t tend to last long. Even good ones suffer as much as bad restaurants. It’s therefore something special when a restaurant can weather the storms of fickle customers, business regulations and ever-changing food trends. But Wagamama was special from the day it opened in a street…
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All the money in the world Something has been happening slowly in the world of American TV and film. The opportunities for Asian actors are growing. Put it down to Fresh off the Boat maybe, for making it clear that people are interested in shows about Asian people… Then there was the explosive Ali Wong,…
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Haruki Murakami: Men Without Women Another Murakami book has been published, with this one being his fourth collection of short stories. I had a rush of excitement when I opened the cover and started reading the first story. Murakami creates a world of mystery in the most ordinary of settings. He can write the most ordinary…
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