{"product_id":"the-harmony-silk-factory","title":"The Harmony Silk Factory","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of fiction from one of Britain’s most exciting new writers: \u003cem\u003eThe Harmony Silk Factory\u003c\/em\u003e is a devastating love story set against the turmoil of mid-twentieth century Malaysia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in Malaysia in the 1930s and 40s, with the rumbling of the Second World War in the background and the Japanese about to invade, \u003cem\u003eThe Harmony Silk Factory\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of four people: Johnny, an infamous Chinaman – a salesman, a fraudster, possibly a murderer – whose shop house, \u003cem\u003eThe Harmony Silk Factory\u003c\/em\u003e, he uses as a front for his illegal businesses; Snow Soong, the beautiful daughter of one of the Kinta Valley’s most prominent families, who dies giving birth to one of the novel’s narrators; Kunichika, a Japanese officer who loves Snow too; and an Englishman, Peter Wormwood, who went to Malaysia like many English but never came back, who also loved Snow to the end of his life. A journey the four of them take into the jungle has a devastating effect on all of them, and brilliantly exposes the cultural tensions of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaunting, highly original, \u003cem\u003eThe Harmony Silk Factory\u003c\/em\u003e is suspenseful to the last page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Taiwan to Malaysian parents, \u003cstrong\u003eTash Aw\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up in Kuala Lumpur before moving to England in his teens. He studied law at the University of Cambridge and University of Warwick, then moved to London to write. After graduating he worked at a number of jobs, including as a lawyer for four years whilst writing his debut novel, which he completed during the creative writing course at the University of East Anglia. Based on royalties as well as prizes, Aw is the most successful Malaysian writer of recent years. Following the announcement of the Booker longlist, the Whitbread Award and his Commonwealth Writers' Prize, he became a celebrity in Malaysia and Singapore, and is now one of the most respected literary figures in Southeast Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Times Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29423435055217,"sku":"9780007232284","price":21.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/81pfPfbVjaL.jpg?v=1707986180","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-harmony-silk-factory","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}