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From brooding, surrealist epics by the crafting hand of Murukami, to dark, noir thrillers between Manila and New York, to political hot potatoes that consider the state of contemporary China, this list of 10 award-winning books by Asian<\/a> writers in the last 10 years is sure to have something up your alley.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Through a lens of half-autobiography and half-cultural criticism, Miguel Syjuco\u2019s award-winning novel makes a genuine attempt to appreciate the diversity and eccentricities of modern Manila and the fabric of the contemporary Philippines. The story itself\u2014with its light shading of New York noir and American thriller\u2014tells the story of a young writer\u2019s apprentice tasked with the self-appointed mission of writing an account of his deceased master\u2019s life. The action that follows takes readers on a journey of meta-criticism, which does well to entertain while asking some serious questions about the state of Filipino literature as a whole.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Ilustrado, Miguel Syjuco<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n