{"product_id":"9781632060457","title":"The Face: Strangers on a Pier","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize Finalist: The Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Tash Aw’s \u003ci\u003eThe Face\u003c\/i\u003e, so wise and so well done, made me wish it were much longer than it is.” —Chimamanda Adichie, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFive Star Billionaire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Harmony Silk Factory\u003c\/i\u003e comes a whirlwind personal history of modern Asia, as told through his Malaysian and Chinese heritage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Face: Strangers on a Pier\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed author Tash Aw explores the panoramic cultural vitality of modern Asia through his own complicated family story of migration and adaptation, which is reflected in his own face. From a taxi ride in present-day Bangkok, to eating Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1980s Kuala Lumpur, to his grandfathers’ treacherous boat journeys to Malaysia from mainland China in the 1920s, Aw weaves together stories of insiders and outsiders, images from rural villages to megacity night clubs, and voices in a dizzying variety of languages, dialects, and slangs, to create an intricate and astoundingly vivid portrait of a place caught between the fast-approaching future and a past that won’t let go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternately philosophical, funny, personal, political, and poetic, the short memoirs in The Face series offer unique perspectives from some of our favorite writers. Find out more at www.restlessbooks.com\/the-face.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Restless Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055186460912,"sku":"9781632060457","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781632060457_p0.jpg?v=1763673423","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781632060457","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}