The Book of Records by Thien, Madeleine

The Book of Records

Lina and her father arrive at an enclave called The Sea, a staging post between migrations, with...
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Author: Madeleine Thien
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Language: English
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The Book of Records by Thien, Madeleine

The Book of Records

$44.45

The Book of Records

$44.45
Author: Madeleine Thien
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Lina and her father arrive at an enclave called The Sea, a staging post between migrations, with only a few possessions. In this mysterious and shape-shifting place, a building made of time, pasts and futures collide. Lina befriends her neighbors: Bento, a Jewish scholar in seventeenth-century Amsterdam; Blucher, a philosopher in 1930s Germany fleeing Nazi persecution; and Jupiter, a poet of Tang Dynasty China.

Memory, political revolution, generational change, and the ethical imagination are at the heart of Lina's illuminating conversations with her fellows in the Sea: how we come to believe what we believe, and how every person is an irreplaceable, unique vessel of history. Through the guidance of these great thinkers, Lina equips herself to reckon with difficult questions of guilt, responsibility, and the possibility of redemption when her ailing father begins to reveal his role in their family's tragic past.

As Lina confronts her father's troubling admissions, she begins to reconceptualize the world around her, gaining a deeper understanding of how our individual futures are shaped by our political circumstances, and she relies on the collective joy of art and intellectual endeavors to carry her through difficulty. A novel that voyages between centuries, generations, and ideas, The Book of Records is an indelible testament to the migratory nature of humanity and our ceaseless search for a home--in the physical world, in cyberspace, in history, and in the imagination--in the wake of catastrophe.



Author: Madeleine Thien
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/20/2025
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781324078654


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/01/2025 pg. 3
Publishers Weekly 03/31/2025
Booklist 04/01/2025 pg. 46
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2025
BookPage 06/01/2025
Shelf Awareness 05/16/2025

About the Author
Thien, Madeleine: - Madeleine Thien is the author of four books, including Do Not Say We Have Nothing, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, The New York Review of Books, and elsewhere. She lives in Montreal.

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