Tash Aw: We, The Survivors

In We, The Survivors by Tash Aw, the reader hears the life story of Ah Hock, foreman of a fish farm, who has done time for committing murder. Through the oral testimonies he gives to sociology post-grad Su-Min, the reader gathers a picture of society marred by extreme poverty, racism, corporate greed and exploitation of refugees and immigrants.

Tash Aw has been long described as one of the most masterful novelists writing today. He speaks about what We, The Survivors means to him, with writer Emma Ng.