
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
About the Author
The polyglot Tash Aw - he speaks Malay, Mandarin, Cantonese and English - was unsatisfied with how Southeast Asia was portrayed in Western literature so he set out to show its complexities