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Tash Aw
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.
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A landmark work of fiction from one of Britain’s most exciting new writers: The Harmony Silk Factory is a devastating love story set against the turmoil of mid-twentieth century Malaysia.
A murderer’s confession - devastating, unblinking, poignant, unforgettable - which reveals a story of class, education and the inescapable workings of destiny.
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Dreaming of love and success in rapidly changing Shanghai, four individuals–a starry-eyed waitress, a wealthy developer’s son, a pop artist, and a poetry-loving activist–confront unexpected realities in regional challenges.
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Ah Hock is an ordinary man of simple means. Born and raised in a Malaysian fishing village, he favours stability above all, a preference at odds with his rapidly modernising…
Longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, the overlapping lives of five newcomers to China’s most dynamic city are the subject of this kaleidoscopic novel.
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.
Edouard Louis
Translation of: Combats et maetamorphoses d'une femme.
A counterpoint to Who Killed My Father, this is the story of douard’s mother, as she eventually leaves Hallencourt for a life in Paris.
Throughout her life, my Mother struggled…
A counterpoint to Who Killed My Father- a tender, radically personal-political account of douard Louis's mother's life
douard Louis is one of the most important literary voices of his generation'…
Translation of: Combats et m?etamorphoses d'une femme.
Stories of human endeavour, endurance and resolve with an unexpected twist, published to celebrate a new range of The Balvenie whiskies - The Balvenie Stories. With contributions from Max Porter…