The Harmony Silk Factory

Name: The Harmony Silk Factory
Author: Tash Aw

by Tash Aw

Silk factory manager escapes troubled marriage through deception in Japanese-occupied Malaya

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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.

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