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Wikipedia article




'Map of the Invisible World' is the second novel by Tash Aw and was released in 2009. It is about two brothers, Adam and Johan, who were abandoned by their mother as children, and later separated when they were adopted by different families in Indonesia and Malaysia.[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124127915 Clinging To The Past And 'The Invisible World'] NPR

Reception



Critical reception for 'Map of the Invisible World' has been mostly positive,[http://newyork.timeout.com/arts-culture/books/60170/map-of-the-invisible-world Map of the Invisible World] Time Out New York[http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/book-reviews/book_review_map_of_the_invisible_world_by_tash_aw_1_1036424 Book review: Map of the Invisible World, by Tash Aw] The Scotsman with The Guardian writing that the book was "haunting and memorable".[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/may/02/map-of-the-invisible-world Islands of the mind] Guardian The LA Times praised Aw's "intriguing secondary characters", but stated that "In the end, Aw fails to build on what he did so well in his debut novel".[http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/10/entertainment/la-ca-tash-aw10-2010jan10 'Map of the Invisible World' by Tash Aw] LA Times The Christian Science Monitor wrote that there were a "couple of coincidences too many near the end of the novel, and certain characters motivations remain ever unclear, but Aws haunting writing and his detailed evocation of 1960s Indonesia are both masterly".[http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2010/0205/Map-of-the-Invisible-World Map of the Invisible World] CS Monitor Washington Times staff member Cecie O'Bryon called the book "wonderfully written", praising Aw's "interwoven voices".[http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/written-word/2010/feb/27/book-review-map-invisible-world/ Book Review: Map of the Invisible World] Washington Times

The Daily Telegraph criticized the book, citing the suspense as "half-hearted" and the character of Adam as "so infuriatingly passive that he is neither credible nor particularly engaging".[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/5361105/Map-of-the-Invisible-World-By-Tash-Aw-review.html Map of the Invisible World By Tash Aw: review] The Telegraph

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Category:Novels by Tash Aw

Category:2009 novels

Category:Novels set in Indonesia

Category:Novels set in Malaysia

Category:Fourth Estate books

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