SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016
WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE 2016
An epic and resonant novel about the far-reaching effects of
China's revolutionary history, told through the stories of two
interlinked musical families, from the 1940s to the present day
Madeleine Thien's novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016 and won the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2016 and the Governor General Award 2016. She is also the author of the story collection Simple Recipes (2001) and the novels Certainty (2006) and Dogs at the Perimeter (Granta, 2012), which was shortlisted for Berlin's 2014 International Literature Award and won the Frankfurt Book Fair's 2015 LiBeraturpreis. Her books and stories have been translated into 23 languages. The daughter of Malaysian-Chinese immigrants to Canada, she lives in Montreal.
A moving and extraordinary evocation of the 20th-century tragedy of
China, and deserves to cement Thien's reputation as an important
and compelling writer
*Guardian*
[This] will cement Thien as one of Canada's most talented
novelists, at once a successor to Rohinton Mistry and a wholly
singular stylist...A supple epic about that which remains behind
after each new beginning... Gorgeous
*Globe and Mail*
Madeleine Thien is a serious and gifted writer. With compassion and
meticulous precision, she explores ordinary lives shaped by
extraordinary political events. Like a beautiful and complex piece
of music, the narration unfolds in layers, returning again and
again to the central themes of family, memory and loss
*Beijing Coma*
Intelligent, powerful and moving. This is Madeleine Thien's magnum
opus
*The Garden of Evening Mists*
The tragedy and absurdity of modern China never felt so alive as in
Madeleine Thien's Do Not Say We Have Nothing. Thien writes of an
extended family of musical prodigies whose loves and ambitions are
thwarted at every turn. The meticulous research that went into this
novel about real-life events makes it so utterly believable that
your heart aches. Thien's writing is as lyrical as works of Bach
and Shostakovich that inspire her musician characters, but her tour
de force is the last movement of this symphonic novel in which the
1989 massacre at Tiananmen Square unfolds at a thrilling,
fortissimo pace
*Nothing to Envy*
Imagination, Nabokov says, is a form of memory. Do Not Say We Have
Nothing is a perfect example of how a writer's imagination keeps
alive the memory of a country's and its people's past when the
country itself tries to erase the history. With insight and
compassion, Madeleine Thien presents a compelling tale of China of
20th century
*Kinder than Solitude*
This is a resplendent, epic masterpiece of a novel that brings to
light a dark period of Chinese history through wit, humour and
nuanced storytelling. The characters linger long after the last
page
*Laurinda*
Bold, beautiful and profoundly affecting, Do Not Say We Have
Nothing celebrates the indestructibility of the individual, and
both declares and illustrates the transcendent power of art. An
exceptional novel
*Wreaking*
A moving and extraordinary evocation of the tragedy, and deserves
to cement Thien's reputation as an important writer... Powerful
*Guardian*
[An] ambitious saga... Thien's intricate narrative lays bare the
lives of three musical friends living through an era when serious
music had to survive driven underground
*Sunday Times*
A profound tale that strips bare 20th century China
*Stylist*
Thien writes beautifully and precisely about family ties, mothers
and daughters, secrets, shame and duty, her characters faltering
between their noble aims and harsh reality as we witness a country
consumed by cruelty. The very best literature leaves you viewing
the world slightly differently and this novel echoes and bubbles in
the mind long after you have finished it
*Daily Express*
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