--- product_id: 40556733 title: "The Harmony Silk Factory Paperback – February 7, 2006" brand: "tash aw" price: "€ 34.94" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/40556733-the-harmony-silk-factory-paperback-february-7-2006 store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # The Harmony Silk Factory Paperback – February 7, 2006 **Brand:** tash aw **Price:** € 34.94 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Harmony Silk Factory Paperback – February 7, 2006 by tash aw - **How much does it cost?** € 34.94 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/40556733-the-harmony-silk-factory-paperback-february-7-2006) ## Best For - tash aw enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted tash aw brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![The Harmony Silk Factory Paperback – February 7, 2006 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91l9f1kFHLL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fugue states a`go go *by S***Y on December 14, 2013* this is a woven tapestry of patched together visions of the same man and his disasterous times. It is beautifully written, mysterious and confounding in that the enigma remains throughout. Please try this book - it is exemplary of this partivular genre ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Impressive Debut *by P***Y on February 22, 2015* Tash Aw's debut novel, The Harmony Silk Factory (2006) is an impressive beginning. It is a complex historical-based novel set in Malaysia that showcases a skill in creating a number of distinct storytelling voices. It is a complex story with the enigmatic Malaysian Chinese communist/collaborator/businessman Johnny Lim at the forefront of a story told from three separate points of view. Lim, is linked to all three characters intimately, but none of them really know him or connect with him. The first part of the story "Johnny" is told from the point of view of his only son, Jasper, who survived a difficult childbirth that took the life of his mother. Jasper's story is told from the perspective of a journalist who has heavily researched his subject. His father remains a cypher at his death. Part Two: "1941" is essentially Snow's diary which records the events of 1941, prior to the Japanese occupation of Malaya, in which she is wed to Johnny and takes a vacation/honeymoon with Johnny, his best friend Peter Wormwood (an eccentric Englishman), Honey (a typical colonial Englishman who owns a tin mine), and the suave and later diabolical Kunichika. They travel to some uninhabited islands and their lives are forever changed by the events that take place there. Part Three, "The Garden," is told from the point of view of Peter who alternates from his present as an again old man planning a garden at his rest home and the events of the past in which all of the characters were inextricably entwined. I like how Aw uses the novel to describe pre-WWII Malaya and life in the Kinta Valley. All in all quite a mature work fiction and I look forward to reading his subsequent novels: Map of the Invisible World and Five Star Billionaire. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Confusing and Farfetched *by J***K on November 27, 2016* I recently read this author's novel Five Star Billionaire, set in Shanghai and Malaysia, with interest but also with certain misgivings as I found some of the characters and situations repetitive and the plot confusing.This book is also complicated as it tells the story - that of a Malaysian businessman of Chinese descent called Johnny Lim - from three different viewpoints, that of his son, wife and an expatriate Englishman. Lim is portrayed by his son as a cold-blooded killer who collaborated with the Japanese during World War II. However, there is none of this in the other versions where he comes over as rather faceless and bland albeit a mystery man.Some of the scenes are presented from the three different viewpoints. Overall I found the story confusing and farfetched. The relationships between the characters – the Englishman and Lim, Lim and a Japanese who is either a highly educated academic or military despot depending on which narrator is talking, Lim's wife and the lovesick Englishman – are also difficult to accept. The last few pages may be an attempt to explain what was actually going on but, if so, I failed to grasp it.Nevertheless, it is quite an interesting read although the Englishman comes over as a caricature of a white man sweating in the tropics despite having spent 60 years in Malaya/Malaysia. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/40556733-the-harmony-silk-factory-paperback-february-7-2006](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/40556733-the-harmony-silk-factory-paperback-february-7-2006) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-04-23*