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The South [electronic resource]

Aw, Tash2025
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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025'Spellbinding' THE TIMES'An exquisite, languorous novel' OBSERVER'Heartstoppingly vivid' OISÍN MCKENNAA 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 farm’s 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.Tash Aw's latest fiction, The South, is a cultural exploration of life on a farm, the heritage of a family, and the stories that bind them. This up-coming book, already a top pre-order, is a compelling read for anyone interested in the intersection of the personal and the global.For fans of Karen Russell (Vampires in the Lemon Grove), Samantha Harvey (Orbital), Ocean Vuong (The Emperor of Gladness), Alan Hollinghurst (The Line of Beauty), and Percival L. Everett (James).HarperCollins 2025
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Edition:
Unabridged.
Imprint:
[S.l.] : HarperCollins UK, 2025.
Collation:
1 online resource(1 sound file (7hr.,2min.,5sec.))
Notes:
Audio book.Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] HarperCollins UK 2025 Available via World Wide Web.
Performers:
Cast: Liong, Windson
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Format: MP3Requires: CloudLibrary (file size: 193.2 MB)
ISBN:
9780008637637
Language:
English
BRN:
9007751
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