''The belly craves food, the tongue craves water, the heart craves love, and the mind craves stories.''
If you haven’t already tried it, the must read is David Mitchell's [[Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell|Cloud Atlas]]
Or try Kamila Shamsie ‘[[Burnet Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie|Burnt Shadows]] for another picture of East meets West, set in the years following the 1945 bombing of Nagasaki.