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A Golden Age
Tahmima Anam
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Description for A Golden Age
Paperback.
Spring, 1971, East Pakistan. Rehana Haque is throwing a party for her beloved children, Sohail and Maya. Her young family is growing up fast, and Rehana wants to remember this day forever. But out on the hot city streets, something violent is brewing. As the civil war develops, a war which will eventually see the birth of Bangladesh, Rehana struggles to keep her children safe and finds herself facing a heartbreaking dilemma.
Spring, 1971, East Pakistan. Rehana Haque is throwing a party for her beloved children, Sohail and Maya. Her young family is growing up fast, and Rehana wants to remember this day forever. But out on the hot city streets, something violent is brewing. As the civil war develops, a war which will eventually see the birth of Bangladesh, Rehana struggles to keep her children safe and finds herself facing a heartbreaking dilemma.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786898623
SKU
9781786898623
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
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99-1
About Tahmima Anam
Tahmima Anam was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She was selected as a Granta Best of Young British Novelist 2013. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Costa First Novel Award, and was the winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Her second novel, The Good Muslim, was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and was also longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. Her latest novel, The Bones of Grace, was published in 2016. She lives in London. @tahmima
Reviews for A Golden Age
Deftly balances the story of nation against that of family . . . heart-shattering
KAMILA SHAMSIE
Guardian
A stunning debut. Anam writes of torture, brutality, refugees and desperation, but she also writes of love and joy, food and song
Observer
A real page-turner, with a bravura, heart-stopping ending
Sunday Telegraph
Beautifully told, intimate and touching; Anam has a knack for making you care so desperately for her characters that you admire their failings as much as their strengths
Daily Mail
Anam's prose is glowing and graceful throughout; whether detailing the degradations of a refugee camp, the tenderness of an unexpected love affair, or the exhilarated dread of a nation in cataclysm
Guardian
Spellbinding
TULIP SIDDIQ The authenticity shines through beautiful, simple prose
Harper's Bazaar
A striking story of a spirited mother struggling to bring up her children
Financial Times
A voice of real eloquence
ANITA SETHI
Independent
Compellingly twists the personal and the historical, humming with handed-down wisdom
Literary Review
KAMILA SHAMSIE
Guardian
A stunning debut. Anam writes of torture, brutality, refugees and desperation, but she also writes of love and joy, food and song
Observer
A real page-turner, with a bravura, heart-stopping ending
Sunday Telegraph
Beautifully told, intimate and touching; Anam has a knack for making you care so desperately for her characters that you admire their failings as much as their strengths
Daily Mail
Anam's prose is glowing and graceful throughout; whether detailing the degradations of a refugee camp, the tenderness of an unexpected love affair, or the exhilarated dread of a nation in cataclysm
Guardian
Spellbinding
TULIP SIDDIQ The authenticity shines through beautiful, simple prose
Harper's Bazaar
A striking story of a spirited mother struggling to bring up her children
Financial Times
A voice of real eloquence
ANITA SETHI
Independent
Compellingly twists the personal and the historical, humming with handed-down wisdom
Literary Review