The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam - June 2012
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 5:36 pm
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December
Eight days after the end of the war, Sohail Haque stands in a field of dying mustard. The petals of the mustard flower, dried to dust, tickle his nose and remind him of the scent of meat, which he has not tasted in several months."
This is the opening of this month's book The Good Muslim by award-winning author Tahmina Anam. It is the second book in The Bengal Trilogy, the first being The Golden Age.
Maya Haque - outspoken, passionate, headstrong - has been estranged from her brother Sohail for almost a decade. When she returns home to Dhaka hoping for a reconciliation, she discovers he has transformed beyond recognition. Can the two, both scarred by war, come together again? And what of Sohail's young son, Zaid, caught between worlds but desperate to belong?
'A striking story of a spirited mother struggling to bring up her children' Financial Times
December
Eight days after the end of the war, Sohail Haque stands in a field of dying mustard. The petals of the mustard flower, dried to dust, tickle his nose and remind him of the scent of meat, which he has not tasted in several months."
This is the opening of this month's book The Good Muslim by award-winning author Tahmina Anam. It is the second book in The Bengal Trilogy, the first being The Golden Age.
Maya Haque - outspoken, passionate, headstrong - has been estranged from her brother Sohail for almost a decade. When she returns home to Dhaka hoping for a reconciliation, she discovers he has transformed beyond recognition. Can the two, both scarred by war, come together again? And what of Sohail's young son, Zaid, caught between worlds but desperate to belong?
'A striking story of a spirited mother struggling to bring up her children' Financial Times