Award-winning Malaysian author Tash Aw begins a sprawling family saga with the coming-of-age novel The South. He tells us about going back to Malaysia in the 1990s and reflecting on a society where there were homophobic laws but small queer communities were relatively visible. We also talk about how climate change is driving migration waves in Southeast Asia and why embarking on an ambitious literary project is a risky but rewarding venture.
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