A review by jelundberg
Map of the Invisible World by Tash Aw

4.0

A masterful evocation of 1960s Indonesia under the reign of Sukarno. Aw's nonlinear character study of Indonesian teenager Adam, Adam's adopted Dutch father Karl, Karl's old American flame Margaret, and Margaret's Indonesian colleague (and revolutionary) Din weaves an incredible story of instability in the post-colonial country, the connections that all these characters (as well as Adam's brother Johan, long adopted by a Malaysian couple from KL) share, and the power of hope. Powerful, fluid, and sensual.