Thien, Madeleine, 1974-

Do not say we have nothing : a novel / Don't say we have nothing Madeleine Thien. - 473 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [467]-473).

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 in the mid-twentieth century; and the children of the survivors, who became the students protesting in Tiananmen Square in 1989, in one of the most important political moments of the past century.

ISBN: 9780345810427 (bound) 0345810422 (bound)

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 20159085365

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Families--Fiction.
Intergenerational relations--Fiction.
Musicians--Fiction.
Nineteen eighties--Fiction.
Nineteen sixties--Fiction.
Politics and culture--Fiction.
Social change--Fiction.
Social conflict--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Beijing (China)--Fiction.
China--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Family chronicles.
Political fiction.
Canadian fiction--2017.

Dewey Class. No.: C813/.6