The book of records: a novel
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Published:
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2025].
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
357 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781324078654, 1324078650, 9781324078654
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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"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"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Thien, M. (2025). The book of records: a novel. First edition. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Thien, Madeleine, 1974-. 2025. The Book of Records: A Novel. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Thien, Madeleine, 1974-, The Book of Records: A Novel. W.W. Norton & Company, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Thien, Madeleine. The Book of Records: A Novel. First edition. W.W. Norton & Company, 2025.
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