Okay, before I say other things, first a little about Tahmima. Who is this man? Is he from Pakistan or outer planet? Please, send him a copy of ‘The days of 1971’ by Jahanara Imam. Some khademul Islam from ‘Daily star’ has said that this book is a definitive novel on 1971! Rehana herself will face a cruel dilemma the choice she makes is at once heartbreaking and true to the character we have come to love and respect. A story of passion and revolution, of family, friendship and unexpected heroism, A Golden Age depicts the chaos of an era and the choices everyone-from student protesters to the country’s leaders, and rickshaw wallahs to the army’s soldiers-must make. Fair-minded and intensely protective of her family, but not at all political, Rehana is sucked into the conflict in spite of herself. Both become fervent nationalists in the violent political turmoil which, in 1971, transforms a brutal Pakistani civil war into a fight to the death for Bangladeshi independence. Rehana Haque, a young widow transplanted to the city of Dhaka in East Pakistan, is fiercely devoted to her adolescent children, Maya and Sohail. that truly touch the heart.” - San Francisco Chronicle Tahmima Anam’s deeply moving debut novel about a mother’s all-consuming love for her two children, set against the backdrop of war and terror, has led critics to comparisons with The English Patient and A Thousand Splendid Suns. But it is her descriptions of the small, unheralded moments. Anam has written a story about powerful events.

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