London: Fourth Estate. Signed without inscription on the title page by the author. An unread copy with no faults; the unclipped dust jacket is protected by a clear, removable cover. Author's first book. Weysprings Books is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and subscribes to the Association's Code of Ethics. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 2005.

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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: Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006885
Title: The Harmony Silk Factory
Author: Aw, Tash
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
ISBN 10: 000718204X
ISBN 13: 9780007182046
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2005
Size: 9.5" x 6.25".
Keywords: FICTION

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