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.

Informationen zum Autor 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's 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. Klappentext 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.

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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's 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.

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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.