Map of the Invisible World, a new novel by Tash Aw, will be launched on Monday, June 1, at The Pod!
Time: Monday, June 1, 7pm
Venue: The Pod on level 16 at the National Library (100 Victoria Street)
Admission is free
To RSVP, please email Zariena at zariena@horizonbooks.com.sg or call 6483 5953. But I think you can also go without RSVPing.
Click through for more information on the book and author.
About the book
In Map of the Invisible World, Johan kept a constant vigil over his little brother Adam during their years together in the orphanage. When they are placed in different adoptive homes, they lost all contact. Johan is taken to Kuala Lumpur by a wealthy Malaysian couple whilst Adam is adopted by a Dutch painter, Karl and grows up in a simple coastal town in Indonesia.
However in the summer of 1964, there was disorder as post-colonial Indonesia slid towards civil war. Foreigners and especially the Dutch are treated with hostility and when Karl is arrested, 16-year-old Adam resolves to do all that he can to find him. He seeks help from an old friend of Karl’s in Jakarta, but in the volatile atmosphere and lured by a promise to find his brother, Adam quickly falls in with a dangerous crowd and is swept up in events beyond his understanding.
About Tash Aw
Tash Aw, a Malaysian-born writer is now living in London. His highly-acclaimed novel, The Harmony Silk Factory won the Whitbread Best First Novel Award, the Commonwealth Best First Novel Award and was also long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award. Map of the Invisible World is his second novel and is a touching tale of love and loss, friendships and belonging, and the indissoluble ties of family.