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Tash Aw’s ‘The South’: A Novel of Desire, Duty, and Family

Tash Aw’s ‘The South’: A Novel of Desire, Duty, and Family

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Olivia SALAZAR-WINSPEAR
2026-01-23 13:51:00

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Award-winning Malaysian author Tash Aw kicks off a sprawling family saga with coming-of-age novel “The South”. He tells us about returning to the Malaysia of the 1990s and reflects on a society within which homophobic laws existed, but small queer communities were relatively visible. We also talk about how climate change has been driving waves of migration in Southeast Asia and why embarking on an ambitious literary project is a risky but rewarding business.

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