The Paris-based author returned to his native Malaysia to tell a haunting tale of migration and murder in his most recent novel, We, The Survivors. Tash Aw spoke to Eleanor onstage at the Vancouver Writers Festival in 2019.

Tash Aw on the dark side of the modern Asian dream

<p>When the book ends, the conversation begins. Mattea Roach speaks with writers who have something to say about their work, the world and our place in it. You’ll always walk away with big questions to ponder and new books to read.</p>

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When the book ends, the conversation begins. Mattea Roach speaks with writers who have something to say about their work, the world and our place in it. You’ll always walk away with big questions to ponder and new books to read.

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