Can we have a sinosphere literature thread? Anyone have any good

>>8897578
koreans cant write for shit

>>8897578
Vi Khi Nao's Fish in Exile was bretty gud, probably the best I've read that was published in 2016.
The prose is great, and she manages to cover the subject of grieving for post children in an original, brutal manner.
She also clearly started with the Greeks.
I honestly had low expectations for the book coming from an MFA grad, but I was really surprised. She broke the mold almost entirely.

>>8897578
>Mongolian literature
I'm of Uzbek descent, not Mongolian but I can make a few recommendations. That said, I don't know what you're looking for. Anything worth reading would be translations of shit from the 1200's and whatnot. Modern Mongolia is a small nation and most of it's modern literature is all the Socialist Realism crap the Soviets were pumping out in which case I'd just recommend reading the Russian stuff instead, it's probably better.

>>8897960
Uffff! Unintendedly hot rhetoric. Don't do that again; you got me hyped. I'll have to pick this book now.

>>8898009
>just recommend reading the Russian stuff instead
This. Or try Aitmatov, he's pretty good too

For Korean literature I keep seeing Han Kang's "The Vegetarian" and "Human Acts" being mentioned, but I don't really read contemporary fiction.

>>8899760
>(...) Han Kang's "The Vegetarian" (...)
I've been interested in this book for a long while, have any of you Anons read it? What're your opinions on it?

>>8899824
I enjoyed it. I'm no /lit/ expert, just a casual reader of fiction. It didn't follow any cliché molds and it shocked you. Left me with questions, I'll probably want to re-read it since it's so short.

>Korean Literature
>Vietnamese Literature
>MONGOLIAN LITERATURE

Please it's too much, don't make me laugh more xDD

>>8901570

Well, this is a general sinosphere thread. Feel free to discuss Chinese and Japanense literature if you want. I was just curious about the literature from some of the regions that don't get as much attention and I appreciate the recommendations that other anons made.

>>8897578
色戒 best.

>>8897578
What contemporary asian authors should I read?

I've read about half of murakami's books, plus taipei. that's it. dunno where to go from here

>>8902144

Mo Yan, specifically Red Sorghum.
Gao Xingjian, specifically Soul Mountain.

Well, at least if you count the 80s as contemporary.

>>8899824
Didn't see much in it, seemed somewhat conventional, which is the opposite of what everybody said about it. I guess that's down to how much it contrasts with your reading habits.

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>>8902056
Did you know that that story was originally written in English, called "The Spy Ring"?

Anyway, Eileen Chang's Chinese was a lot better than her English - her English stories all read like translations even when they were original works because she obviously thought in Chinese.