Tash Aw
Novelist and memoirist of Chinese-Malaysian background, author of The South and other acclaimed works, shortlisted for major prizes and recipient of awards including the Whitbread and Commonwealth Writers’ Prize.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 56min
Going South: Tash Aw on Inheritance, Identity, and Escape
Tash Aw, a Chinese-Malaysian novelist and memoirist, discusses The South and its focus on inheritance and fractured belonging. The conversation examines a decaying family farm, class tensions, queer awakening away from social scrutiny, and how memory and the body anchor narrative voice. It also explores adolescence reconstructed with hindsight and the quiet fractures that reshape family life.
