Strangers on a Pier: Portrait of a Family

Strangers on a Pier is a personal history of modern Asia, told through the author's Malaysian and Chinese heritage. It explores the panoramic cultural vitality of modern Asia through the author's family story of migration and adaptation, creating an intricate and vivid portrait of a place caught between the future and the past.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 96 pages
\n Publication date: 02 September 2021
\n Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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From the acclaimed author of Five Star Billionaire and We, The Survivors, comes a captivating personal journey through modern Asia, woven through his Malaysian and Chinese heritage. If we are fortunate, we may encounter writing that captivates us with its vitality, beauty, and profound significance—a work like Strangers on a Pier. In Strangers on a Pier, acclaimed author Tash Aw delves into the rich cultural tapestry of modern Asia, exploring his own intricate family story of migration and adaptation through the lens of his own experiences. From a taxi ride in present-day Bangkok to savoring Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1980s Kuala Lumpur, to his grandfather's perilous boat journeys from mainland China to Malaysia in the 1920s, Aw weaves together a tapestry of stories, capturing the essence of insiders and outsiders, from rural villages to bustling megacities, and encompassing a diverse range of languages, dialects, and slang. The result is an intricate and astonishingly vivid portrait of a place teetering between the rapidly approaching future and a past that refuses to relinquish its hold.

\n Weight: 184g\n
Dimension: 370 x 189 x 17 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780008421274\n \n