The Face: Strangers on a Pier

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The Face: Strangers on a Pier

From the award-winning author of Five Star Billionaire and The Harmony Silk Factory comes a whirlwind personal history of modern Asia, as told through his Malaysian and Chinese heritage.

â€œTash Aw is an essential voice for the global world we live in today." â€”Yiyun Li

In The Face: Strangers on a Pier, acclaimed author Tash Aw explores the panoramic cultural vitality of modern Asia through his own complicated family story of migration and adaptation, which is reflected in his own face. From a taxi ride in present-day Bangkok, to eating Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1980s Kuala Lumpur, to his grandfathersâ€™ treacherous boat journeys to Malaysia from mainland China in the 1920s, Aw weaves together stories of insiders and outsiders, images from rural villages to megacity night clubs, and voices in a dizzying variety of languages, dialects, and slangs, to create an intricate and astoundingly vivid portrait of a place caught between the fast-approaching future and a past that wonâ€™t let go.

Alternately philosophical, funny, personal, political, and poetic, the short memoirs in The Face series offer unique perspectives from some of our favorite writers. Find out more at www.restlessbooks.com/the-face.
Country USA
Brand Restless Books
Manufacturer Restless Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber localization_1632060450
ReleaseDate 2016-03-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781632060457

Country	USA
Brand	Restless Books
Manufacturer	Restless Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	localization_1632060450
ReleaseDate	2016-03-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781632060457

The Face: Strangers on a Pier

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