Tash Aw
Malaysian-British novelist whose Five Star Billionaire and We, the Survivors explore contemporary Asian capitalism and working-class struggle with lucid intelligence. He won the Whitbread First Novel Award for The Harmony Silk Factory. He is one of the most important South-East Asian writers in English.
Works
- The Harmony Silk FactorySilk factory manager escapes troubled marriage through deception in Japanese-occupied Malaya
- Map of the Invisible WorldCartographer finds love and mystery mapping an uncharted region of Malaysia
- Five Star BillionaireInterconnected tales of wealth and ambition across Asia's billionaire entrepreneurs
- We, the SurvivorsGarment factory worker finds beauty and meaning in struggling through poverty and exploitation
- The Harmony Silk FactorySilk factory manager escapes troubled marriage through deception in Japanese-occupied Malaya