The Good Muslim, Paperback
Descriere
``Delicate, heart-wrenching and poetic, this is a novel ofgreat poise and power.`` --Tash Aw, author of The Harmony Silk Factory Set in Bangladesh at a time when Islamic fundamentalism ison the rise, The Good Muslim is an epic story about faith, familyand the long shadow of war. Tahmima Anam, the prize-winning author of A Golden Age, offers a moving portrait of a sister and brother whostruggle with the competing loyalties of love and belief as they cope with thelasting ravages of war and confront the deeply intimate roots of religiousextremism. Echoingthe intensity and humanity of Thrity Umrigar's The Space Between Us, Abraham Verghese's Cutting for Stone, and Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss, Anam's ``accomplished and gripping novel,`` in thewords of author Pankaj Mishra, ``describes not only the tumult of a greathistorical event, but also the small but heroic struggles of individuals livingin the shadow of revolution and war.
Despre autor
Tahmima Anam este o scriitoare, romancieră și publicistă britanică de origine bangladeză. Primul său roman, A Golden Age (2007), a fost câștigătorul premiului pentru cel mai bun prim roman al Premiilor Commonwealth Writers din 2008. Romanul următor, The Good Muslim, a fost nominalizat la Premiul Man Asian Literary din 2011. Ea este nepoata lui Abul Mansur Ahmed și fiica lui Mahfuz Anam.
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