Tan Twan Eng
Tan Twan Eng was born in Penang and lived in various places in Malaysia as a child. His first novel, The Gift of Rain, was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into Italian, Spanish, Greek, Romanian, Czech and Serbian. The Garden of Evening Mists is his second novel and is currently short-listed for the Man Booker Prize.
Tan Twan Eng on Granta.com
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Tan Twan Eng | Podcast
Tan Twan Eng & John Freeman
Tan Twan Eng speaks to Granta’s John Freeman about the art of shakkei and being shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Books I Read This Year
Various Contributors
A selection of Granta contributors discuss the books they read in 2012.
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
The Island of Hawkers
Tan Twan Eng
‘Suspecting (rightly) that you have been eating diluted, unauthentic versions of the real thing, you realize you have to go to Penang, the best place to eat street food in Malaysia.’
