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Madeleine Thien


Madeleine Thien’s first book of fiction, Simple Recipes, won four awards in Canada, was a finalist for a regional Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book, and was named a notable book by the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. Originally from Vancouver, Thien recently moved to Quebec City.

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Certainty
Written by Madeleine Thien

Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Emblem Editions | Fiction; Fiction - Literary
978-0-7710-8529-1 (0-7710-8529-X)

March 27, 2007 | $21.00

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Certainty
Written by Madeleine Thien

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771085291
Our Price: $21.00
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Madeleine Thien’s stunning debut novel fulfills all her early promise and introduces a young novelist of vision, maturity, and style.

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...

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Certainty
Written by Madeleine Thien

Hardcover | 320 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction; Fiction - Literary
978-0-7710-8513-0 (0-7710-8513-3)

April 18, 2006 | $32.99

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Certainty
Written by Madeleine Thien

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780771085130
Our Price: $32.99
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Madeleine Thien’s stunning debut novel fulfills all her early promise and introduces a young novelist of vision, maturity, and style.

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...

Also available as a trade paperback.

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Simple Recipes
Written by Madeleine Thien

Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Emblem Editions | Fiction - Short Stories (single author); Fiction - Literary; Fiction
978-0-7710-8512-3 (0-7710-8512-5)

May 23, 2002 | $18.99

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Simple Recipes
Written by Madeleine Thien

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771085123
Our Price: $18.99
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Winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the City of Vancouver Book Award, and a Regional Finalist for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book

Longing, familiarity, and hope suffuse these stories as they mine the charged territory of relationships – subtly weaving in conflicts between generations and cultures. Madeleine...