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2002 Kiriyama Prize Finalists

The finalists below represent the books selected by the two judging panels after sifting and weighing more than 360 books submitted in 2002. Each of these books therefore carries a strong recommendation from the judges.

 

2002 Fiction Finalists

Red Poppies
by Alai
Translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin.

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Melal: A Novel of the Pacific
by Robert Barclay

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The Girl From the Coast
by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Translated by Willem Samuels.

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Dirt Music
by Tim Winton

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2002 Nonfiction Finalists

Singing to the Dead: A Missioner's Life Among Refugees From Burma
by Victoria Armour-Hileman

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Korean Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and US Disengagement
by Selig S. Harrison

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Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
by Donald Keene

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The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
by Xinran
Translated by Esther Tyldesley

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