A Golden Age
About the book
A mother tries to protect her two children during Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence.
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Bangladesh
Tahmima Anam was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her English-language debut approaches the independence war through a mother and her growing children. Akhtaruzzaman Elias and Syed Waliullah represent Bengali fiction about rural life, power and social change. Taslima Nasrin and Dhaka-born Monica Ali add perspectives on religious persecution and migration.
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- A Golden AgeTahmima Anam
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