Tash Aw
The Harmony Silk Factory
Tash Aw · 2005
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This novel juxtaposes three accounts of the life of an enigmatic man at a pivotal and haunting moment in Malaysian history. The author slices his first novel into three segments, wherein three characters dissect the nature of Johnny Lim, a controversial figure in 1940s Malaysia. Depending on the teller, Johnny was a Communist leader, an informer for the Japanese, a dangerous black-market trader, a working-class Chinese man too in awe of his aristocratic wife to have sex with her, or a loyal friend. Long after Johnny's death, we hear these conflicting accounts of his life.
Book details
- Year
- 2005
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- W F Howes Ltd.
- Editions
- 16
- Pages
- 362
- ISBN
- 9781845057954
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