Madeleine Thien - Böcker

One starless night Janie's childhood was swept away by the terrors of the Khmer Rouge. Exiled from Phnom Penh, Janie and her family were forced to live out in the open: cold, hungry and under constant surveillance. Caught up in a political storm w...

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Set in Cambodia during the regime of the-Khmer Rouge and in present day Montreal, Dogs at the Perimeter tells the story of Janie, who as a child experiences the terrible violence carried out by the Khmer Rouge and loses everything she holds dear. ...

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"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 ...

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"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 ...

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The celebrated annual fiction collection showcasing the best stories by the best new writers in Canada, all contenders for the prestigious $10,000 Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize.Like the O. Henry Prize Stories, The...

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Madeleine Thien’s stunning debut novel fulfills all her early promise and introduces a young novelist of vision, maturity, and style. Gail Lim, a producer of radio documentaries in present-day Vancouver, finds herself haunted by events in he...

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'A moving and extraordinary evocation of the 20th-century tragedy of China... Compelling' Guardian SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION AND THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE In Canada in 1991, ten-year-old Marie and her mother invite a ...

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In present-day Vancouver, Gail Lim, a producer of radio documentaries, is haunted by the mysterious events in her father's childhood in war-torn Asia, and using her skills as a journalist is driven to unravel the mystery of his past. As a boy, Mat...

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'A moving and extraordinary evocation of the 20th-century tragedy of China... compelling' Guardian SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION AND THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE In Canada in 1991, ten-year-old Marie and her mother invite a ...

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Guest Edited by Catherine Leroux and Madeleine Thien. 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation, when the British colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were united. In this special issue of Granta, we celebrate the...

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To celebrate Aurora Metro's 30th anniversary as an independent publisher, 20% of profits will to go to the Virginia Woolf statue campaign in the UK. This is a revised edition of the publisher's inaugural publication in 1990, which won the Pandora ...

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Ein preisgekrönter Roman über China von den 1940ern bis heute, über zwei eng verbundene Musikerfamilien und ihr Schicksal. Die herzzerreißenden Lebensgeschichten der Musiker, ihrer Freunde, Familien und Geliebten, die in den Strudel der Politik ge...

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Die Friedenspreistrÿgerin des Deutschen Buchhandels 2021 Tsitsi Dangarembga legt mit diesem Erzÿhlband einen wichtigen und bisher nicht da gewesenen Einblick in das Leben der Menschen in postkolonialen Gesellschaften auf dem afrikanischen Kontin...

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Seit 2001verhandeln Prinz Gholam in ihrer performativen Arbeit das Selbst und den Körper als kulturelle Konstrukte. In der gemeinsamen performativen Aktion schaffen es die beiden Künstler, bewusst oder unbewusst eingeschriebene Haltungen unseres i...

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Gail Lim arbetar som producent för radiodokumentärer i Vancouver. Hennes föräldrar är emigranter från Malaysia och Kina och kom till Kanada efter andra världskriget. De har aldrig berättat särskilt mycket för Gail om sina liv. Det är som om de bär...

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