Emily Rhodes

The power of music and storytelling

Spanning 50 years — from 1949 to Tiananmen Square — Madeleine Thien's new novel sees a Chinese family struggle to maintain its sanity amid the horrors of the Cultural Revolution

issue 13 August 2016

  • Do Not Say We Have Nothing

    Madeleine Thien

    Granta, pp. 480

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