"This book, though it's very specifically set in China, does what great literature does, which is to make the specific universal." (CBC)īritish book critic Armitstead agrees with Thien's assessment. If Madeleine Thien wins the Man Booker Prize, 'it will definitely give her a place in world literature which I think she should have already,' said Claire Armitstead, books editor of The Guardian newspaper in London. I feel like I need to go through this and rise to the occasion and do my very best to celebrate everything that's happened. Maybe in six months I'll feel all the complex emotions that, at the moment, are bouncing off me. I'm overjoyed that it's finding its way to so many readers," she said. It's been such an incredible time for the book," she told CBC News last Friday, ahead of an appearance at the Vancouver Writers Festival. "She's a real artist: the sort of writer who invests five years of her life in finding out about something in a really big way."įor Thien, who will attend the black-tie Booker gala dinner at London's Guildhall - which will be broadcast on the BBC - the attention has been a bit overwhelming. "Personally, I would love her to win," said Armitstead. And I'm absolutely delighted." This book, though it's very specifically set in China, does what great literature does, which is to make the specific universal. It's a testing book. It's about a big hard period of history.
"I think she's leading 2 to 1, which is quite surprising because this is a very big book. "Madeleine Thien is very high in the bookie's odds and has been very high all along," Claire Armitstead, books editor at the Guardian and Observer, told CBC News.
Some literary critics also favour her for a Booker win. (CBC)įor what it's worth, the Montreal-based, Vancouver-born author's acclaimed third novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, is currently the Booker favourite, according to well-known betting agency Ladbrokes. Do Not Say We Have Nothing is Thien's third novel.
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