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A review by ambi_dexter_writes
The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw
4.0
It was a truly compelling read for the first 2/3rd of the book when Jasper and Snow narrated it. But when Peter the nasty Whyte Man became narrator he was so insufferable and dislikable that I had to drag myself to finish the book (and I skimmed through a lot of the ending).
To quote one of the residents at the home, Peter can "fuck off to his own country" instead of being such an entitled racsist coloniser who can't appreciate Bunga Raya, Belachan or Kaya after so many years of living in Malaysia, the very place he says is his place of belonging.
Peter was horrible as a character, but my god can Tash Aw right. Down with the romanticising of our colonisers.
To quote one of the residents at the home, Peter can "fuck off to his own country" instead of being such an entitled racsist coloniser who can't appreciate Bunga Raya, Belachan or Kaya after so many years of living in Malaysia, the very place he says is his place of belonging.
Peter was horrible as a character, but my god can Tash Aw right. Down with the romanticising of our colonisers.