One of the most brilliant writers of our time. Finalist of the Booker Prize and Winner of the Giller Prize, Canada's most prestigious literary prize, in 2016 for 'Do Not Say We Have Nothing'. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. Signed copies available online command hundreds of dollars. Copies available online, not signed, have serious flaws because it is a fragile softcover that has been read over and over again. Please note: The British Edition is a softcover original only.

As far as we know, this is the only such signed, post-publication dated, and inscribed copy of the First Edition/First Printing (British) available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. The inscription is one of the most crucial lines of the novel. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed, dated (shortly after publication), and inscribed ('lined') in black pen on the title page by the author: ' 'Behind this sea, another sea', Madeleine Thien July 7, 2016'. An absolute 'must-have' title for Madeleine Thien collectors. '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' (The Guardian). It is a history of revolutionary idealism, music, and silence, in which three musicians, the shy and brilliant composer Sparrow, the violin prodigy Zhuli, and the enigmatic pianist Kai, struggle during China's relentless Cultural Revolution to remain loyal to one another and to the music they have devoted their lives to' (Publisher's blurb). 'Ai-Ming tells the story of her family in Revolutionary China, from the crowded teahouses in the first days of Chairman Mao's ascent and the events leading up to the Beijing demonstrations of 1989. Her highly acclaimed novel about the redemptive power of survival and sacrifice.

Presents Madeleine Thien's 'Do Not Say We Have Nothing'. Published in a small and limited first print run by Granta as a softcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions.

The first appearance of the title in the United Kingdom. One of the most sensational literary events of our time.

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