Books Online Download Do Not Say We Have Nothing Free

Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Madeleine Thien

Hardcover | Pages: 474 pages

Rating: 3.91 | 16525 Users | 2463 Reviews

Specify Out Of Books Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Title	:	Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Author	:	Madeleine Thien
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 474 pages
Published	:	October 11th 2016 by W. W. Norton Company (first published May 31st 2016)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. China. Canada. Asia

Narration As Books Do Not Say We Have Nothing

“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. With maturity and sophistication, humor and beauty, Thien has crafted a novel that is at once intimate and grandly political, rooted in the details of life inside China yet transcendent in its universality.

Define Books To Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Original Title:	Do Not Say We Have Nothing
ISBN:	039360988X (ISBN13: 9780393609882)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Booker Prize Nominee (2016), Scotiabank Giller Prize (2016), Governor General's
Literary Awards:	/ Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général for Traduction (de l’anglais vers le français) by Catherine Leroux (2019) and for by English Fiction (2016), Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee (2017), Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2017) Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2016), Rathbones Folio Prize Nominee (2017)

Rating Out Of Books Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Ratings: 3.91 From 16525 Users | 2463 Reviews

Assessment Out Of Books Do Not Say We Have Nothing

I read this for my real world book club. It had been on my to read shelf but I suspect Id have never gotten to it, so Im glad that it was chosen for a book club selection. This is the perfect book to simultaneously read both paper and audio editions. Chinese characters to see and Chinese pronunciation to hear. I did that with CDs through disc 3 of 17. If I had been able to download an audible file on my phone Id have continued reading this way but the CDs slowed me down too much. When using them

This is a sweeping, multi-generational, non-linear epic of a story. It starts in China in the late 1960's and goes to present day. It is complicated and wonderful and my personal favorite to win the 2016 Booker Prize. These characters really got under my skin and I will be thinking about them for a long time. This is a book that I would like to reread at some point because there are just so many layers.

Once again: Many Thanks to modern technology and the Public Library! I was nervous about reading this book last year. The low reviews feed into my own insecurity that this book would become too complicated and I'd get frustrated. The high reviews kept nagging at me. Actually Michael's review inspired me most!!! Rather than purchase the book, I downloaded the ebook from the library from the comfort of home. There were times when reading Madeline Thien's novel, I found myself remembering two other

I think this book needs to be read slowly and savoured. It is very slow to start off with and somewhat confusing (it really would have benefited from a character list/family tree!) but perseverance pays off and overall I found it a rewarding and moving read. The scope is epic - Chinese history from the Great Leap Forward through to the Tiananmen Square massacres- told through the story of two interlinked families. There are many fascinating insights and gems along the way, particularly in



A moving family saga that portrays the lives of three generations through the post-war decades in China. The story interlaces different time points with a focus on the crucial periods of Maos Cultural Revolution (1969-1977), set mostly in Shanghai, and of the time of the massive demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in Beijing and their brutal suppression (1989-1990). Like good historical fiction it does bring the cultural and political paroxysms of these times alive through engaging characters,

I think this book needs to be read slowly and savoured. It is very slow to start off with and somewhat confusing (it really would have benefited from a character list/family tree!) but perseverance pays off and overall I found it a rewarding and moving read. The scope is epic - Chinese history from the Great Leap Forward through to the Tiananmen Square massacres- told through the story of two interlinked families. There are many fascinating insights and gems along the way, particularly in