The Harmony Silk Factory 12-copy signed prepack
Edición de la obra The Harmony Silk Factory
| Autor | Tash Aw |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Riverhead Hardcover |
| Fecha de publicación | March 31, 2005 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Formato | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9781573224550 |
| ISBN-10 | 1573224553 |
| Número de Cutter | A963h |
This novel juxtaposes three accounts of the life of an enigmatic man at a pivotal and haunting moment in Malaysian history. The author slices his first novel into three segments, wherein three characters dissect the nature of Johnny Lim, a controversial figure in 1940s Malaysia. Depending on the teller, Johnny was a Communist leader, an informer for the Japanese, a dangerous black-market trader, a working-class Chinese man too in awe of his aristocratic wife to have sex with her, or a loyal friend. Long after Johnny's death, we hear these conflicting accounts of his life.