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'So wise and so well done. It made me wish it were much longer than
it is' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie From the award-winning author of
Five Star Billionaire and We, The Survivors comes a whirlwind
personal history of modern Asia, as told through his Malaysian and
Chinese heritage. If we are lucky we will find writing that grips
us with its vitality, beauty and significance - Strangers on a Pier
is like that' Deborah Levy In Strangers on a Pier, acclaimed author
Tash Aw explores the panoramic cultural vitality of modern Asia
through his own complicated family story of migration and
adaptation, which is reflected in his own face. From a taxi ride in
present-day Bangkok, to eating Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1980s
Kuala Lumpur, to his grandfathers' treacherous boat journeys to
Malaysia from mainland China in the 1920s, Aw weaves together
stories of insiders and outsiders, images from rural villages to
megacity night clubs, and voices in a dizzying variety of
languages, dialects, and slangs, to create an intricate and
astoundingly vivid portrait of a place caught between the
fast-approaching future and a past that won't let go.
A murderer's confession - devastating, unblinking, poignant,
unforgettable - which reveals a story of class, education and the
inescapable workings of destiny. Ah Hock is an ordinary, uneducated
man born in a Malaysian fishing village and now trying to make his
way in a country that promises riches and security to everyone, but
delivers them only to a chosen few. With Asian society changing
around him, like many he remains trapped in a world of poorly paid
jobs that just about allow him to keep his head above water but
ultimately lead him to murder a migrant worker from Bangladesh. In
the tradition of Camus and Houellebecq, Ah Hock's vivid and
compelling description of the years building up to this appalling
act of violence - told over several days to a local journalist
whose life has taken a different course - is a portrait of an
outsider like no other, an anti-nostalgic view of human life and
the ravages of hope. It is the work of a writer at the peak of his
powers.
Édouard Louis is one of the most important literary voices of his
generation' Guardian One day, Édouard Louis finds a photograph of
his mother from twenty years ago: a happy young woman, full of
hopes and dreams. But growing up, Édouard only knew his mother's
sadness - what happened in those years since the photo was taken?
Then, at the age of forty-five, Édouard's mother frees herself
from this life of oppression, to start a new one in Paris. A
Woman's Battles and Transformations reckons with the cruel systems
that govern our lives - and with the possibility of escape. It is a
tender portrait of a mother, and an honouring of her self-discovery
as she chooses to live on her own terms. 'Tash Aw's sensitive
translation captures the vividness of Louis's voice... Movingly,
the book demonstrates the pain that moving from one social class to
another entails' Times Literary Supplement 'A tenderness of
observation' New York Times 'Incandescent...Louis's most hopeful
book to date' Los Angeles Times Translated from the French by Tash
Aw
From the author of the internationally acclaimed, Whitbread
Award-winning 'The Harmony Silk Factory' comes an enthralling new
novel that evokes an exotic yet turbulent and often frightening
world. Sixteen-year-old Adam is an orphan three times over. He and
his older brother, Johan, were abandoned by their mother as
children; he watched as Johan was adopted and taken away by a
wealthy couple; and he had to hide when Karl, the Dutch man who
raised him, was arrested by soldiers during Sukarno's drive to
purge 1960s Indonesia of its colonial past. Adam sets out on a
quest to find Karl, but all he has to guide him are some old photos
and letters, which send him to the colourful, dangerous capital,
Jakarta. Johan, meanwhile, is living a seemingly carefree,
privileged life in Malaysia, but is careening out of control,
unable to forget the long-ago betrayal of his helpless, trusting
brother. 'Map of the Invisible World' is a masterful novel, and
confirms Tash Aw as one of the most exciting young writers at work
today.
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