Do Not Say We Have Nothing, (Hardcover)

from icolford

Madeleine Thien's multi-prize-winning novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing is a sweeping journey through several decades of eventful and tragic Chinese history. The complex story, which weaves together various narrative threads, begins in Canada in 1989, with young Marie learning that her father, 39 ...

from Anjreana

A fantastic book about Chinese oppression during the 20th century, in China and beyond. Really fascinating and not heard before expose of the consequences of Tianneman Square

from Bostonseanachie

This Booker prize short listed novel is a story of fragments and shards, stops and starts, texts and copies, mathematics and unfinished symphonies and words with dual meanings. Ostensibly, this is the tale of several related families set in and around the cultural revolution in China, but also sp...

from vancouverdeb

Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien, short listed for the 2016 Book and also on the Canadian Giller Prize Longlist 2016. This is a fairly dense read about three generations. The story opens in Vancouver BC in 1990 but we are quickly transported back to China, and taken through the civil...

from gypsysmom

There is a lot packed into this book. I am almost afraid to try to describe the plot because I am sure to leave out something important. Nevertheless I will do my best and, hopefully, what I do highlight will spark someone's interest. Marie or Li-ling is the narrator of the story. She was born in...