Literature

What does it mean to be human? Explore this age-old question through the creative subversions of Persian literary traditions.

Mo Yan's Nobel Prize inspires mixed responses among China's Internet community.

What the prize means for the new Nobel Laureate.

Inside a brutal new novel about Delhi's underbelly.

The 1931 novel has its faults, but it deserves a spot on the bookshelf of anyone heading to the Chinese countryside for the first time who wants to know a bit about the history of Chinese peasant life, writes Maura Cunningham.

New Pakistani novel wrestles with change, mortality.

Japan's master translator: 'Style is like fate.'

Chinese poet Bei Ling says the London Book Fair's celebration of China is shutting out some of its most important dissident voices in the name of money.

NYT-profiled author spoke out at Asia Society's 'Chindia' event.