Reddit mentions of The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations

As far as Gelasimov and Zabuzhko are concerned, you're in luck. I got all their currently-available AmazonCrossing works for $1.99 or below, and I've seen them regularly in the monthly rotation over the past year or so. Thanks for the heads-up about Harington; the introduction by sfnal author Peter Straub is a bonus draw, and the price is certainly right for trying out. His publisher Lake Union is another Amazon line, which is generally also good about the rotating sale prices.

If you're interested in memoirs, from the AmazonCrossing selection I'll recommend France-resident China expat Zhu Xiao-Mei's The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations currently $1.99, which I'm halfway through. So far it's been an interesting glimpse into the restrictions on performing arts during the Cultural Revolution.

Another really worthwhile S&S 99 cent pricedrop this week if you're into science biographies is Margaret Cheney's Tesla: Man out of Time, which though a little old is one of the best Nikola Tesla biographies IMHO. If I didn't already have it from a daily special offer last year, I'd be snapping it up instantly.

For more discounted Asian authors, you might want to keep an eye out for Arcade Publishing and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Mariner Books imprints. Every so often they put some Mo Yan, Lin Zhenyun, Anchee Min, Young-ha Kim, and others on sale for just $1.99 in their daily rotating sales, which is how I picked up even more additions to my ever-growing backlog of stuff I'll one day actually read.