- Conflict of generations, Fiction, Short Stories, Social life and customs
With delicate language and wisdom, Madeleine Thien explores the longing of families pulled apart by conflicts between generations, cultures, and values.Each of these stories captures a deeply personal world in which characters struggle to reconcile family loyalty with individual desires.
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Grave, earnest, contemporary and spare.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Madeleine Thien
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 235
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, McClelland & Stewart, Back Bay Books
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780771085123
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