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The South

The South

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The South is a novel about family, desire, and inheritance, set in a decaying farm during a summer when Jay falls for Chuan, the manager's son. It is the first in a quartet of novels that form Tash Aw's masterful portrait of a family navigating change, and it has been chosen as a TIMES, GUARDIAN, and FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF 2025.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 13 February 2025
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers


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CHOSEN AS A TIMES, GUARDIAN and FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF 2025

A radiant novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer – about family, desire, and what we inherit – from celebrated author Tash Aw

When his grandfather dies, a boy named Jay travels south with his family to the property he left them, a once flourishing farm that has fallen into disrepair

The trees are diseased, the fields parched from months of drought

Still, Jay's father, Jack, sends him out to work the land, or whatever land is left

Over the course of these hot, dense days, Jay finds himself drawn to Chuan, the son of the farms manager, different from him in every way except for one

Out in the fields, and on the streets into town, the charge between the boys intensifies

Inside the house, the other family members confront their own regrets, and begin to drift apart

Like the land around them, they are powerless to resist the global forces that threaten to render their lives obsolete

At once sweeping and intimate, The South is a story of what happens when private and public lives collide

It is the first in a quartet of novels that form Tash Aw's masterful portrait of a family navigating a period of great change – a reimagined epic for our times

Weight: 394g
Dimension: 223 x 143 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008637606

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