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The Harmony Silk Factory (Plus Bonus Book!)

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The Harmony Silk Factory (Plus Bonus Book!)

by Tash Aw

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed
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ISBN 10
000718204X
ISBN 13
9780007182046
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About This Item

First UK Edition/First Printing with a "1" on the copyright page; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, with no visible flaws. SIGNED by the author on the title page. An outstanding copy of this author's critically acclaimed debut novel. Also included a F/F first edition/first printing of the author's 2nd novel, " Map of the Invisible World". Neither book is remaindered, price clipped, or ex-library; both books are in mylar covers and will ship in a sturdy box.

Synopsis

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
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
1819
Title
The Harmony Silk Factory (Plus Bonus Book!)
Author
Tash Aw
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
000718204X
ISBN 13
9780007182046
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
2005
Keywords
First Edition, Signed
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