{"id":5268,"date":"2026-09-01T15:29:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.csh-fr.de\/events\/the-south\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T15:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:29:46","slug":"the-south","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/www.csh-fr.de\/en\/events\/the-south\/","title":{"rendered":"The South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">It shimmers, it parches, it blazes: Tash Aw\u2019s sensational novel *The South* doesn\u2019t waste any time\u2014it delivers a *Call Me by Your Name* set in the tropics and, at the same time, Aw\u2019s third shot at the prestigious Booker Prize. Malaysia, 1997: On an inherited farm withering away under months of drought, sixteen-year-old Jay is tasked with tilling the parched land\u2014side by side with Chuan, the steward\u2019s son. Amid the dust of the fields and the scorching streets, something builds between the two that neither dares to voice: first desire, first awakening, as undeniable as it is unspeakable. As private as their desire is, so political is the fragile foundation of their relationship: class barriers, ethnic hierarchies, and a financial crisis that is pulling the rug out from under the family. Aw\u2014based in London and working for the *New York Times* and the BBC\u2014writes with equal parts sensuality and precision. \u201cA magnificent book,\u201d says cult author \u00c9douard Louis. Intimate, far-sighted, damn hot\u2014and the opening installment of an epic quartet of novels.      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading &#038; Conversation witht Tash Aw, London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[44,49],"class_list":["post-5268","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-in-english-en","mec_category-literature-film"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csh-fr.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/5268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csh-fr.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csh-fr.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csh-fr.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csh-fr.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csh-fr.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csh-fr.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csh-fr.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5268"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csh-fr.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=5268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}