Book Salon
In Asia Society Switzerland's Book Salon, we open a direct window into Asian lives. Histories, discourses, and cultures make up the textures of novels. Together we read and discuss fiction from or about Asia in an informal setting to intentionally change our perspectives as a practice in curiosity, openness, and empathy. We meet four times a year – in person at the Asia Society office in Zurich.
Dates 2025
February 26: Book tbd
May 28: Book tbd
August 20: Book tbd
November 12: Book tbd
Dates 2024
January 31: Mi-Ye Lee's DallerGut Dream Department Store
May 29: Han Kang's Greek Lessons
August 21: Hisashi Kashiwai's The Kamogawa Food Detectives
November 13: Lisa See's Lady Tan's Circle of Women
If you want to discuss about the books to read next or continue the conversation after the Salon has ended, join this WhatsApp group or contact us at [email protected].
Suggest a Book
If you have any interesting reading recommendations, also non-fiction, please let us know and send us the book details along with a few lines about it to [email protected]. Twice a year we put together a list of 10 books – you can find all previous reading lists on the right-hand column (desktop) or at the bottom of the screen (mobile).
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