Dogs at the Perimeter

Dogs at the Perimeter

by Madeleine Thien (Author)

Synopsis

One starless night Janie's childhood was swept away by the terrors of the Khmer Rouge. Exiled from Phnom Penh, Janie and her family were forced to live out in the open: cold, hungry and under constant surveillance. Caught up in a political storm which brought starvation to millions, tore families apart and changed the world forever, Janie lost everyone she loved. Now, three decades later, Janie's life in Montreal is unravelling. Weaving together the threads of Janie's life, Dogs at the Perimeter evokes totalitarianism through the eyes of a little girl, and draws a remarkable map of the mind's battle with memory, loss and the horrors of war.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 07 Feb 2013

ISBN 10: 1847084915
ISBN 13: 9781847084910
Book Overview: From the Man Booker shortlisted author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing, a powerful and disturbing novel about Cambodia - an extraordinary act of empathy for those who suffered under the Khmer Rouge

Author Bio
Madeleine Thien's novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016 and won the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2016 and the Governor General's Award 2016. She is also the author of the story collection Simple Recipes (2001) and the novels Certainty (2006) and Dogs at the Perimeter (Granta, 2012), which was shortlisted for Berlin's 2014 International Literature Award and won the Frankfurt Book Fair's 2015 LiBeraturpreis. Her books and stories have been translated into 23 languages. The daughter of Malaysian-Chinese immigrants to Canada, she lives in Montreal..