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The Harmony Silk Factory
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A wonderful read. The story of one enigmatic man, Johnny Lim, told from three viewpoints-his son, his wife's journal and the reminiscences of a friend in old age. The main part of the story is set on the Malay peninsula just before the Japanese invasion in WWII. We never know Johnny but we learn much about his family and friend.
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Aw's first novel is an extended study of one man, Johnny Lim. Stories about Johnny are told by three narrators in three sections. Each has a complex emotional relationship with Johnny. His disaffected son, eager to expose his father's crimes; his wife Snow, whose diary reveals a more tentative and vulnerable man; and Peter, a British friend who has fled to Malaysia but finds he cannot escape himself. Aw does a good job of differentiating each narrator's voice and preoccupations. There isn't a lot of action here, or even resolution. Rather, the pleasure of the story is in the reader's accretion of knowledge about Johnny, and the somewhat voyeuristic satisfaction of seeing more perspectives than each narrator.
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ISBN:
9781594481741
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
02/07/2006
Publisher:
Riverhead Books
Language:
English
Pages:
416
Height:
.88IN
Width:
5.26IN
Thickness:
1.00
Age Range:
18 and up
Grade Range:
13 and up
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2006
UPC Code:
2801594481743
Author:
Tash Aw
Subject:
Malaysia
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General Fiction
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