Tash Aw’s new novel, The South, is a coming of age story of 16-year-old Jay, whose family moves for a summer to an inherited farm in southern Malaysia.
But more than just a “coming of age” novel, The South also explores generational trauma associated with migrants as well as the environmental changes throughout Malaysia during this time.
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The South was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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