Literature of Asia and the Middle East - Page 3

Literature that is from Asia and the Middle East or connected to one of the areas in one way or another. Various authors and books are here presented to enable others to better navigate those regions and their literature. This list is not exhaustive but the best attempt has been made to ensure that what is given can be of use in finding and learning about literature from those areas in a list form rather than simply having to rely upon Google search upon Google search. May this list be of use to those who have an interest in the literature from those areas of the world.

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The Gossamer Years (Michitsuna No Haha)

A Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Yasunari Kawabata)

The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine (Ilza Veith)

Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta)

The Lotus Sutra

The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch

Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)

Takekurabe (Higuchi Ichiyo)

Konjaku Monogatarishu

The Waiting Years (Fumiko Enchi)

The Temple of the Golden Pavillion (Yukio Mishima)

Book of Documents (Confucius)

Book of Odes

Book of Rites (Confucius)

Travels With a Writing Brush (Meredith McKinney)

As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams (Lady Sarashina)

One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each (Various)

The Koran

Hadith (Islam)

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

101

The Memorial Feast for Kökötöy Khan (Sagimbay Orozbaq Uulu)

102

The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Anonymous)

103

Torah

104

The Talmud (Various)

105

Old Testament

106

The New Testament (Various)

107

The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)

108

The Canon of Medicine (Avicenna)

109

The Guide for the Perplexed (Moses Maimonides)

110

Writings From Ancient Egypt (Toby Wilkinson)

111

The Arabian Nights (Anonymous)

112

The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls (Anonymous)

113

Ibn Fadlan & the Land of Darkness (Ibn Fadlan)

114

The Return of the Spirit (Tawfiq Al-Hakim)

115

The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge From the Classical Islamic (Shihab Al-Din Al-Nuwayri, Translated by Elias Muha)

116