Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016, 2017 Folio and Baileys Prizes, and winner of the 2016 Giller Prize: 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.
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. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016.
Madeleine Thien wurde 1974 in Vancouver, British Columbia, geboren. Ihre Eltern stammen aus Malaysia und China und emigrierten in den 1960ern nach Kanada. Als Kind begann Thien mit Ballett, Steptanz und Akrobatik, studierte zunächst Tanz, wechselte dann 1994 über zu Literatur an der University of British Columbia. Ihr erstes Buch "Simple Recipes", eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten, wurde mit vier kanadischen Literaturpreisen ausgezeichnet und für einen regionalen Commonwealth Writers' Prize für das erste Buch nominiert. Madeleine Thien lebt mit ihrem Mann Willem in Quebec.
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Winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2016 and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016, "Do Not Say We Have Nothing" is an epic and resonant novel about the far-reaching effects of China's revolutionary history, brilliantly told through the stories of two interlinked musical families, spanning more than six decades. Told with wit, intimacy and moral complexity, it brings to life one of the most significant political regimes of the 20th century.
