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Book Salon

Asia Society Book Salon
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This is an Asia Society Members-Only Event Series. Want to participate?

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In the Asia Society Switzerland 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 in Zurich, if possible. 

Dates 2023

February 15: Shehan Karunatilaka's The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
June 21: Thuận's Chinatown
September 27: (book tbd)
November 29: (book tbd)


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 switzerland@asiasociety.org.

 

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 switzerland@asiasociety.org. 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).

Upcoming

  • In-person
    Chinatown Thuan

    Book Salon: Chinatown

    Wednesday 21 Jun 2023
    6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
    [MEMBERS ONLY]
    In the Asia Society Switzerland Book Salon, we read and discuss fiction from or about Asia in an informal setting.
    This time, we will read and discuss "Chinatown" by Thuận.

Past Events

  • In-person
    Book Salon Seven Moons
    Discussion

    Book Salon: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

    Wednesday 15 Feb 2023
    6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
    [MEMBERS ONLY|NEW DATE]
    In the Asia Society Switzerland Book Salon, we read and discuss fiction from or about Asia in an informal setting.
    This time, we will read and discuss "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida" by Shehan Karunatilaka.
  • In-person
    Book Salon, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

    Book Salon: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

    Wednesday 28 Sep 2022
    6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
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    [MEMBERS ONLY]
    In the Asia Society Switzerland Book Salon we read and discuss fiction from or about Asia in an informal setting.
    This time we will read "Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982" by Cho Nam-Joo.
  • In-person
    The Man with the Compound Eyes
    Discussion

    Book Salon: The Man With the Compound Eyes

    Wednesday 22 Jun 2022
    6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
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    [MEMBERS ONLY]
    In the Asia Society Switzerland Book Salon we read and discuss fiction from or about Asia in an informal setting.
    This time we will read "The Man with the Compound Eyes" by Wu Ming-Yi.
  • In-person
    Book Cover Higashino
    Discussion

    Book Salon: The Devotion of Suspect X

    Wednesday 2 Mar 2022
    6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
    [MEMBERS ONLY]
    In the Asia Society Switzerland Book Salon we read and discuss fiction from or about Asia in an informal setting.
    This time we will read "The Devotion of Suspect X" by Keigo Higashino.
  • Cover Ocean Vuong
    Discussion

    The Asia Society Book Salon – On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

    Wednesday 17 Nov 2021
    6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
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    [MEMBERS ONLY]
    In the Asia Society Switzerland Book Salon we read and discuss fiction from or about Asia in an informal setting.
    This time we will read "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" by Ocean Vuong.
  • Book Cover Kazuo Ishiguro
    Discussion

    The Asia Society Book Salon – Klara and the Sun

    Wednesday 15 Sep 2021
    6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
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    [MEMBERS ONLY]
    In the Asia Society Switzerland Book Salon we read and discuss fiction from or about Asia in an informal setting.
    This time we will read Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.

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Reading Recommendations

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    Winter Reading 2022

    Book Recommendations by Members, Speakers, and Asia Society Global Staff
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    Summer Reading 2022

    Book recommendations for your summer – by members, speakers, and Asia Society Global staff.
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    Winter Reading 2021

    Book recommendations by members, speakers, and Asia Society Global staff

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