The Harmony Silk Factory
Cover of the UK first edition | |
| Author | Tash Aw |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | HarperPerennial |
Publication date | 4 July 2005 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 384 pp (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | 0-00-720451-5 (paperback edition) |
| OCLC | 58457161 |
The Harmony Silk Factory (2005) is Tash Aw's critically acclaimed first novel, set in 1940s British-ruled Malaya, which is now called Malaysia. It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and won the Whitbread Book Awards for First Novel Award. The novel incorporates some historical events, and its characters may temporarily take the roles of real people, for example Johnny Lim acts as Lai Teck in the Batu Caves massacre, though there is otherwise little similarity between them.