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Busting Stereotypes - The Changing Face of Asian Fiction

Asia House

Tuesday, 29 May 2012 at 18:45 (BST)

London, United Kingdom

Busting Stereotypes - The Changing Face of Asian Fiction

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Arranged marriages, mangos and love affairs with feudal and colonial masters - none of these are the face of contemporary Pan-Asian Fiction.

Today the scene is often darker, with novels whose characters have just left prison, plot to overthrow corrupt governments, escape the horrors of genocide or search for their place in exile. The fictional face of Asia has transformed.

Set in an Indian village modelled on a real open prison of murderers, The Village is a story about manipulation and personal morality, about how truly frail our moral judgement can be. Dogs at the Perimeter journeys from present day Canada to a Cambodia ruled by the brutal Khmer Rouge, where people are seized in the night and the horrors of war are unspeakable. Our Lady Alice of Bhatti takes a lighter, wittier look at thwarted ambitions and love in unlikely places set in the febrile streets of downtown Karachi.

They will be speaking with Claire Armitstead, Literary Editor of the Guardian.

 

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Asia House
63 New Cavendish Street
W1G 7LP London
United Kingdom

Tuesday, 29 May 2012 at 18:45 (BST)


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Asia House

Asia house, the leading pan-Asian organisation in the UK, exists to build dynamic links with Asia, important now more than ever. By providing unique insights into culture, policy, business and education, Asia House promotes informed understanding and the mutual exchange of ideas, building stronger relationships between the diverse communities of Europe and Asia.

Asia House is a non-profit, non-political organisation.

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