y separately published work icon The Asian Review of Books periodical issue  
Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 of The Asian Review of Books est. 2001 The Asian Review of Books
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2021 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Last Prince of Bengal : A Family’s Journey from an Indian Palace to the Australian Outback by Lyn Innes, Jane Wallace , single work review
— Review of The Last Prince of Bengal : A Family’s Journey from an Indian Palace to the Australian Outback Lyn Innes , 2021 single work biography ;

'Lyn Innes, Emeritus Professor of Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Kent, is the great-granddaughter of the last Nawab of Bengal, Mansour Ali Khan. In this family memoir, she vividly brings the period to life through the stories of her antecedents, using both family history and source materials from the time, while giving a fascinating insight into the British Raj in India from the perspective of a local prince who was mistreated, and ultimately deposed, by the British authorities.' (Introduction)
“The Marvellous Adventures of Maggie and Methuselah” by Sarah Brennan, Melanie Ho , single work review
— Review of The Marvellous Adventures of Maggie and Methuselah Sarah Brennan , 2022 single work children's fiction ;

'In the opening scene of Sarah Brennan’s The Marvellous Adventures of Maggie and Methuselah, Maggie is arguing with her mother about having to attend a “silly reception” at Government House. But her mother, an Australian lawyer at one of Hong Kong’s top firms, is determined that Maggie will go to Family Fun Day and with the chapter titled “In which Maggie and Mum clash and Mum wins (as usual)”, the reader quickly realizes what the end result might be.' (Introduction)
“House of Kwa” by Mimi Kwa, Susan Blumberg-Kason , single work review
— Review of House of Kwa Mimi Kwa , 2021 single work autobiography ;

'Australian broadcast journalist Mimi Kwa comes from a lineage going back to imperial Beijing. In her new family memoir, House of Kwa, she tells the remarkable story that brought her father’s family to Southern China, Hong Kong, and Western Australia.' (Introduction)
“One Hundred Days” by Alice Pung, Melanie Ho , single work review
— Review of One Hundred Days Alice Pung , 2021 single work novel ;

'When 16-year-old Karuna becomes pregnant, Karuna’s mother decides to lock her daughter inside their fourteenth-story public housing flat as a means to keep her safe. Karuna, who has spent years trying to escape her mother, now finds herself with her mother as her only company.'  (Introduction)
“Shanghai Acrobat: An Orphan Boy’s Inspiring True Story of Courage and Determination in Revolutionary China” by Jingjing Xue, Susan Blumberg-Kason , single work review
— Review of Shanghai Acrobat Jingjing Xue , 2021 single work autobiography ;

'Well before ping-pong diplomacy in the early 1970s, there was acrobat diplomacy. As a result, many people around the world became familiar with Chinese acrobats, performers that did more than just walk a trapeze or juggle on stilts. Chinese acrobats brought circus performing to a new level, for instance by balancing multiple stacks of cups and saucers on the top of long sticks—often from two hands and a foot. In Jingjing Xue’s memoir, Shanghai Acrobat, the author not only tells of training with the Shanghai acrobats from a young age, but also shows how these troupes became the face of China, starting in developing countries and eventually reaching the west.' (Introduction)
X