Tash Aw’s acclaimed first novel is a multi-layered story of love and regret set against the turmoil of mid-20th century Malaysia.
Tash Aw’s kaleidoscopic novel about the overlapping lives of five ambitious newcomers to China’s most dynamic city.
Welcome to Shanghai. A restless metropolis, where old traditions collide with new ambitions. A place where anything can happen and anybody can become a ‘somebody’. Gold-digger, property magnate, pop star, entrepreneur, guru: five newcomers are lured by the promise of making fortunes and remaking identities. But then they find their lives converging in unpredictable ways…
Tash Aw
About the Author
The polyglot Tash Aw - he speaks Malay, Mandarin, Cantonese and English - was unsatisfied with how south-east Asia was portrayed in Western literature so he set out to show its complexities.Other nominated books by Tash Aw