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Although maya is a strong counterpoint to the gendered abuse which is one of the themes of the book, anam is too realistic to make her a blazing, all. Powerful and ambitious, the good muslim more than fufills the promises of tahmima anam s celebrated debut, a golden age. May 01, 2011 just finished reading the good muslim by tahmima anam. Do you think maya and sohail make their peace with each other at the end of the novel. Her second book is the good muslim about which kamila shamsie said in this book of searing beauty, tahmima anam shows us a family searching for. May 06, 2011 tahmima anam, an awardwining bangladeshi author, has penned a soul touching and a highly poignant historical fiction surrounding a family torn between the aftereffects of war, politics and family love in her book, the good muslim which is the second book in her bangladesh series.

Against the backdrop of the aftermath of the war for bangladeshi independence, the central characters in tahmima anams novel a brother. May 28, 2011 powerful and ambitious, the good muslim more than fufills the promises of tahmima anam s celebrated debut, a golden age. Her second novel, the good muslim, was shortlisted for the 20 dsc prize for south. This is the third novel of anam s bangladesh trilogy, completing the project that started with a golden age 2007 and the good muslim 2011. Her first novel, a golden age, was shortlisted for the guardian first book award and the costa first novel award in 2007, and was the winner of the 2008 commonwealth writers prize for best first book. From prizewinning bangladeshi novelist tahmima anam. Rana takes an interdisciplinary approach to his book, drawing on a number of. This novel is a sequel to her debut novel a golden age and spans the year from 1984 to 1985, with occasional flashbacks to the aftermath of the bangladesh liberation war in 1971.

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This second novel liberates its author from the mighty shadow cast by the success of her first, a golden age. Its sequel, the good muslim, was longlisted for the 2011 man asian literary prize. The main characters of the novel are maya and shohali. Set in the dusty streets of dhaka and the villages and riverislands of rural bangladesh, at a time when the rise of religious fundamentalism was a whisper in the wind, the good muslim is an epic, unforgettable story of the challenges of peace in the long shadow of war. Delicate, heartwrenching and poetic, this is a novel ofgreat poise and power. Revolution and the question of the good muslim july 31, 2011 against the backdrop of the aftermath of the war for bangladeshi independence, the central characters in tahmima anam s novel.

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