Do Not Say We Have Nothing Paperback by Madeleine Thien

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage Canada (2017-07-18)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 480 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780345810434
• Item Weight: 442.26 grams
• Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.2 x 1.0 cm

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION • SHORTLISTED FOR THE CANADIAN AUTHORS ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR FICTION • SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE

Do Not Say We Have Nothing is a breathtaking novel that tells the story of three musicians in China before, during and after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. With the ease and skill of a master storyteller, Thien takes us inside an extended family in China, showing us the lives of two successive generations--those who lived through Mao's Cultural Revolution in the mid-twentieth century; and the children of the survivors, who became the students protesting in Tiananmen Square in 1989, in one of the most important political moments of the past century.

About the Author

MADELEINE THIEN's first fiction, Simple Recipes, won four awards in Canada and was a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Her novel Certainty was a national bestseller, won the Amazon First Novel Award, and was a Globe and Mail Best Book. Her second novel, Dogs at the Perimeter, was also a Globe and Mail Best Book. Her third novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, was a #1 national bestseller, won the Governor General’s Literary Award, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It sold in many territories around the world. Originally from Vancouver, Thien currently divides her time between New York City and her home in Montreal.