“But for anything to be alive, it required motion : the current must run, the record must turn, a person must leave or find another path. Without movement or change, the world became nothing more than a stale copy, and this was the trouble with Ba's elegant calligraphy, his patient life, it was frozen in time.”
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing
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Madeleine Thien
Madeleine Thien is a Canadian short story writer of Chinese descent, born in Malaysia in 1974. Her works are known for their profound humanistic concerns and sharp insights into social realities. Thien has won numerous literary awards, including the prestigious Man Booker Prize in 2016. more
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