The Harmony Silk Factory, Aw, Tash. Published by Riverhead Books, NY, 2005. First Edition. Signed by author "Tash Aw, Vancouver, 20/10/06." 8vo up to 9½" tall., 378pp. Quarter orange over light beige boards. In fine, unread condition; a very light spine lean. Unclipped jacket is also in fine condition; protected in a mylar sleeve.

The Harmony Silk Factory is Tash Aw's critically acclaimed first novel, set in 1940s British-ruled Malaya, which is now called Malaysia. It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and won the Whitbread Book Awards for First Novel Award.

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Joseph Conrad, W. Somerset Maugham, and Anthony Burgess have shaped our perceptions of Malaysia. In Tash Aw, we now have an authentic Malaysian voice that remaps this literary landscape. The Harmony Silk Factory traces the story of textile merchant Johnny Lim, a Chinese peasant living in British Malaya in the first half of the twentieth century. Johnny's factory is the most impressive structure in the region, and to the inhabitants of the Kinta Valley Johnny is a hero—a Communist who fought the Japanese when they invaded, ready to sacrifice his life for the welfare of his people. But to his son, Jasper, Johnny is a crook and a collaborator who betrayed the very people he pretended to serve, and the Harmony Silk Factory is merely a front for his father's illegal businesses. This debut novel from Tash Aw gives us an exquisitely written look into another culture at a moment of crisis. The Harmony Silk Factory won the 2005 Whitbread First Novel Award and also made it to the 2005 Man Booker longlist.

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Bookseller: Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA) (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4805
Title: The Harmony Silk Factory
Author: Aw, Tash
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 157322300X
ISBN 13: 9781573223003
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Place of Publication: E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.s.a.
This edition first published: 2005-03-31
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