Tahmima anam is very popular among book lover of bangladesh. Pankaj mishra praised a golden age, tahmima anam s debut novel, as a startlingly accomplished and. A golden age is more personal and human, and i felt plenty of emotion while reading rehanas story. This novel differs from maps for lost lovers both structurally. This book continues the story that began in a golden age with the bangladesh liberation war and follows maya, rehana and sohail haque. It can therefore be argued that a golden age is indelible owing to the intimate connection made between the reader and the protagonist, rehana, which anam brings into being.
In 1959 a young widow rehana loses her children sohail and maya theyre taken from her by her brotherinlaws family to karachi, pakistan. This paper discusses the relationship between the ideologies of the secular and the religious in the process of nationbuilding as presented in tahmima anam s the good muslim 2011. A golden age tahmima anam ebook harpercollins publishers. The death of her husband and her fight to keep her children, when her dead husbands brother and his childless wife claim they could take better care of them.
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Bangladesh used to be east pakistan and full of questions about its identity. Tahmima anam was born in dhaka, bangladesh in 1975. 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. In 2007 this books was first published by harpercollins. Rehana haque, a young widow, blissfully prepares for the party.
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