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A Golden Age Tahmima Anam

A Golden Age By Tahmima Anam

A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam


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Summary

A mother struggles to protect her children as Bangladesh fights for independence; winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award

A Golden Age Summary

A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam

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.

A Golden Age Reviews

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 * *
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 * *
Anam has done a service to her country . . . No other writer has treated the subject with such clarity before * * Times Literary Supplement * *

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

Additional information

GOR011668913
9781786898623
1786898624
A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Canongate Books Ltd
2020-02-06
304
Winner of Commonwealth Writers' Prize - Best First Book 2008 (UK) Short-listed for Costa First Novel Award 2008 (UK) Short-listed for Guardian First Book Award 2008 (UK)
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