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Thien, Madeleine, 1974-
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Asian Canadians -- Fiction.
Radio producers and directors -- Fiction.
War -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction.
Amazon.ca First Novel Award.
Malaya -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.
Vancouver (B.C.) -- Fiction.
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Thien, Madeleine, 1974-
Asian Canadians -- Fiction.
Radio producers and directors -- Fiction.
War -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction.
Amazon.ca First Novel Award.
Malaya -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.
Vancouver (B.C.) -- Fiction.
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Certainty / Madeleine Thien.
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Thien, Madeleine, 1974-
McClelland & Stewart, c2006.
Call #:
FICTION THI
Subjects
Asian Canadians -- Fiction.
Radio producers and directors -- Fiction.
War -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction.
Amazon.ca First Novel Award.
Malaya -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.
Vancouver (B.C.) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780316834995 (2007 first U.S. ed)
0316834998 (2007 first U.S. ed)
9780771085130
0771085133
9780771085291 (trade pbk.)
Description:
311 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
"Gail Lim, a producer of radio documentaries in present-day Vancouver, finds herself haunted by events in her parents’ past in wartorn Asia, a past which remains a mystery that fiercely grips her imagination. As a child, Gail’s father, Matthew Lim, wandered the Leila Road and the jungle fringe with his lovely Ani, a girl whose early bond with Matthew will affect his life always. As children, they found themselves together under the terrifying shadow of war in Japanese-occupied Sandakan, Malaysia. The war shatters their families and splits the two apart until years later, when they remeet only to be separated again. The legacy of their connection is later inherited by Matthew’s wife, Clara, in unexpected ways. Gail’s journey to unravel the mystery of her parents’ lives takes her to Amsterdam, where she meets the war photographer Sipke, who tells his story of Ani and their relationship, which began in Jakarta, a story that will bring Gail face to face with the complications in her own life and lead her closer to the truth. Vivid, poignant, wise, at once sweeping and intimate, Certainty is a novel about the legacies of loss, about the dislocations of war and the redemptive qualities of love."--McClelland & Stewart.
Awards:
Winner of the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award, 2006.
Genre:
Love stories.
Canadian fiction.
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2
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