Gail Lim, the producer of radio documentaries in present-day Vancouver, finds herself haunted by the mystery of her parents' past in war-torn Malaysia. She is intrigued by her father Matthew and his friend Ani, a girl whose early bond with Matthew, which developed under the terrifying shadow of the war, would create an invisible tension, years later, with his wife Clara. Gail's journey to unravel the mystery of her parents' lives takes her to Amsterdam, which leads her closer to the truth about Ani and her father's shared past, and propels her to a deeper understanding about her own life. Vivid, profound and written in understated yet powerful prose, "Certainty" is a beautiful novel, at once sweeping and intimate.
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Review:
'A boy and a girl, the best of friends, roam the war-torn land ... Thien expertly moves through their history.'
-- Sunday Business Post
'Examines an extraordinary family across five decades, shedding light on a fascinating and brutal front of the war in the Pacific.' -- Irish Times
Book Description:
Vivid, poignant, at once sweeping and intimate, Madeleine Thien's Certainty is a novel about the legacies of loss, the dislocations of war, the redemptive qualities of love and the elusive nature of certainty.
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0571234186
- ISBN 13 9780571234189
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
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