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001			ocn971361138
003			OCoLC
007			ta
008			210222s2017 nyuaj b 000 1 eng d
020			_a0393354725 (pbk.)
020			_a9780393354720 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)971361138
090			_aFic _b.T442D66 2017
100	1		_aThien, Madeleine, _d1974-
245	1	0	_aDo not say we have nothing : _ba novel / _cMadeleine Thien.
260			_aNew York : _bW. W. Norton & Company, _c2017.
300			_a473 p. : _bill.
500			_aIncludes reading group guide.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_a"In a single year, my father left us twice. The first time, to end his marriage, and the second, when he took his own life. I was ten years old."Master storyteller Madeleine 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 and their children, who became the students protesting in Tiananmen Square. At the center of this epic story are two young women, Marie and Ai-Ming. Through their relationship Marie strives to piece together the tale of her fractured family in present-day Vancouver, seeking answers in the fragile layers of their collective story. Her quest will unveil how Kai, her enigmatic father, a talented pianist, and Ai-Ming's father, the shy and brilliant composer, Sparrow, along with the violin prodigy Zhuli, were forced to reimagine their artistic and private selves during China's political campaigns and how their fates reverberate through the years with lasting consequences.
586			_aShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, 2016.
586			_aWinner of the 2016 Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.
586			_aWinner of the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
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