{"product_id":"we-the-survivors-paperback","title":"We, the Survivors - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTash Aw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Harmony Silk Factory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFive Star Billionaire\u003c\/i\u003e, a compelling depiction of a man's act of violence, set against the backdrop of Asia in flux\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAh Hock is an ordinary man of simple means. Born and raised in a Malaysian fishing village, he favors stability above all, a preference at odds with his rapidly modernizing surroundings. So what brings him to kill a man? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis question leads a young, privileged journalist to Ah Hock's door. While the victim has been mourned and the killer has served time for the crime, Ah Hock's motive remains unclear, even to himself. His vivid confession unfurls over extensive interviews with the journalist, herself a local whose life has taken a very different course. The process forces both the speaker and his listener to reckon with systems of power, race, and class in a place where success is promised to all yet delivered only to its lucky heirs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn uncompromising portrait of an outsider navigating a society in transition, Tash Aw's anti-nostalgic tale, \u003ci\u003eWe, the Survivors\u003c\/i\u003e, holds its tension to the very end. In the wake of loss and destruction, hope is among the survivors.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTash Aw was born in Taipei and brought up in Malaysia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Harmony Silk Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, which was the winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Novel and was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize;\u003ci\u003e Map of the Invisible World\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eFive Star Billionaire\u003c\/i\u003e, also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013. He is also the author of a memoir of an immigrant family, \u003ci\u003eThe Face: Strangers on a Pier\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the\u003ci\u003e LA Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.25 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 22, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710395912255,"sku":"9781250757920","price":23.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a5fb5faef57d6cb8c23aceff88dbf2d2.webp?v=1765054760","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/we-the-survivors-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}