Timothy Mo es un novelista anglo-chino cuya obra se distingue por la exploración de su patrimonio cultural británico y chino entrelazado. Su escritura a menudo profundiza en temas de identidad y pertenencia, reflejando sus propias experiencias al navegar por un trasfondo multicultural. Mo crea narrativas con un ojo agudo para el detalle del personaje y un lenguaje rico, ofreciendo a los lectores una profunda visión de las complejidades de las relaciones humanas y los cambios sociales. Su estilo literario es valorado por su enfoque matizado y su capacidad para captar sutiles distinciones culturales.
The author of the acclaimed Sour Sweet presents a sweeping historical novel about corruption and greed, class, race, love and treachery set in Macao and Canton before and during the Opium Wars of the 19th century. Nominated for England's prestigious Booker Prize.
Shortlisted for the 1982 Booker Prize, this novel explores the clans and conflicts of Soho's Chinatown, where the Chen family arrive and want to succeed as restaurateurs in the 1960s. No family can survive for long without encountering the Triads. By the author of "The Redundancy of Courage".
An Indonesian island is hastily given independence, and a Chinese-educated homosexual who was born on the island returns from his Canadian university to find his life radically altered. The story, shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, represents an account of a post-colonial disaster.