Do not say we have nothing : a novel / Madeleine Thien.
"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. "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 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."
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393609882
- ISBN: 039360988X
- ISBN: 9780393354720
- Physical Description: 473 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 25 cm
- Edition: First American edition
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Paperback includes reading group guide.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
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- Families > China > Fiction.
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Intergenerational relationships.
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- Fiction.
Available copies
- 15 of 15 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 15 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Richlands Branch Library | FIC THEIN (Text) | 36015001331772 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC Thien (Text) | 540191011091087 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cliffdale Library | F THIEN (Text) | 31781064131830 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | THI (Text) | 33258008674769 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Jackson County Public Library | F THIEN (Text) | 39493108070964 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | THIEN (Text) | 39149007471535 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Lee County Main Library | F/THIEN (Text) | 33262003244649 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Lenoir Library | F THIEN Madeleine (Text) | 50669012090834 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Lexington Public Library | F THI (Text) | 25908006736149 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Madison Main Library | FIC THI (Text) | 30229101045085 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
