The Good Muslim

From prizewinning Bangladeshi novelist Tahmima Anam comes her deeply moving second novel about the rise of Islamic radicalism in Bangladesh, seen through the intimate lens of a family.Pankaj Mishra praised A Golden Age, Tahmima Anam s debut novel, as a startlingly accomplished and gripping novel that describes not only the tumult of a great historical event but also the small but heroic struggles of individuals living in the shadow of revolution and war In her new novel, The Good Muslim, Anam again deftly weaves the personal and the political, evoking with great skill and urgency the lasting ravages of war and the competing loyalties of love and belief.In the dying days of a brutal civil war, Sohail Haque stumbles upon an abandoned building Inside he finds a young woman whose story will haunt him for a lifetime to come Almost a decade later, Sohail s sister, Maya, returns home after a long absence to find her beloved brother transformed While Maya has stuck to her revolutionary ideals, Sohail has shunned his old life to become a charismatic religious leader And when Sohail decides to send his son to a madrasa, the conflict between brother and sister comes to a devastating climax Set in Bangladesh at a time when religious fundamentalism is on the rise, The Good Muslim is an epic story about faith, family, and the long shadow of war. Read The Good Muslim author Tahmima Anam – kino-fada.fr Suffering is a gift In it is hidden mercyRumiTahmima Anam, an award wining Bangladeshi author, has penned a soul touching and a highly poignant historical fiction surrounding a family torn between the after effects of war, politics and family love in her book, The Good Muslim which is the second book in her Bangladesh series This story opens with the daughter who goes into exile for seven long years to study medicine and to open up her own practice as a doctor, returning back to herSuffering is a gift In it is hidden mercyRumiTahmima Anam, an award wining Bangladeshi author, has penned a soul touching and a highly poignant historical fiction surrounding a family torn between the after effects of war, politics and family love in her book, The Good Muslim which is the second book in her Bangladesh series This story opens with the daughter who goes into exile for seven long years to study medicine and to open up her own practice as a doctor, returning back to her hometown where her old mother is still waiting for her and her ex soldier brother is vouching towards the narrow philosophy of his religion s preaching, thereby creating a gap stronger than their years of distance between the brother and the sister.Synopsis In the dying days of a brutal civil war, Sohail Haque stumbles upon an abandoned building Inside he finds a young woman whose story wi...This is the second in a trilogy, the first being A Golden Age and continues the story of the Haque family and is again set in Bangladesh It can be read as a stand alone, but it does help to have read the first one This part of the trilogy focusses on Rehanna s two children, Maya and Sohail It switches from just after the war and independence to ten years later It charts the very different directions the siblings take as a result of their experiences during the war Maya becomes a doctor This is the second in a trilogy, the first being A Golden Age and continues the story of the Haque family and is again set in Bangladesh It can be read as a stand alone, but it does help to have read the first one This part of the trilogy focusses on Rehanna s two children, Maya and Sohail It switches from just after the war and independence to ten...So unfortunately I didn t find this story interesting until the last few pages I hate when that happens Just couldn t get into it until the very end.I had high expectations from Tahmima Anam when I very randomly came across her second book tucked away in the corners of a bookstore in the Bangladesh airport I thoroughly enjoyed Golden Age and had recommended it to many non Bangladeshi friends Imagine my surprise at finding out a quarter of the way through that this book is a sequel to Golden Age I kept my frustrations at check about the glacial pace and the jumpy narrative and breezed through the pages At the end, as much as it pains me, I had high expectations from Tahmima Anam when I very randomly came across her second book tucked away in the corners of a bookstore in the Bangladesh airport I thoroughly enjoyed Golden Age and had recommended it to many non Bangladeshi friends Imagine my surprise at finding out a quarter of the way through that this book is a sequel to Golden Age I kept my frustrations at check about the glacial pace and the jumpy narrative and breezed through the pages At the end, as much as it pains me, I have to say this is not a good book With Golden Age you got the sense that Anam was able to look inside the mind of Ammoo But with this one, I never got a sense of why Maya does what she does and I don t think Anam did either I wonder if that is why she unsuccessfully shifts her narrative voice in the middle Other than a few sounds bites about the dichotomy of culture and relig... A Golden Age introduced the widow Rehana Haque and her two teenagers, Sohail and Maya, as they participated in the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence The Good Muslim is the second book in the Haque family trilogy It begins in 1984, thirteen years after the war Bangladeshis are not necessarily much better off than before the war The country has had two presidents assassinated and is now living under the thumb of the Dictator Martial law is in effect, war criminals still have not been A Golden Age introduced the widow Rehana Haque and her two teenagers, Sohail and Maya, as they participated in the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence The Good Muslim is the second book in the Haque family trilogy It begins in 1984, thirteen years after the war Bangladeshis are not necessarily much better off than before the war The country has had two presidents assassinated and is now living under the thumb of the Dictator Martial law is in effect, war criminals still have not been prosecuted, and religious extremism is building.Once inseparable, Sohail and his sister Maya were driven apart following the war Sohail felt the need to atone for his part in the war by gradually falling into an extreme...I want to tread lightly with my review, mainly because I don t want to offend anyone who is Muslim The Muslim culture has always been a mystery to me and I always wondered about the complexities of the culture, as well as the every day life things I felt like this book gave me a tiny glimpse into the culture, and I mean tiny, but it was significant all the same This book really blew my mind I had no idea it was a sequel but it reads like a stand alone book Maya is a character that I found I want to tread lightly with my review, mainly because I don t want to offend anyone who is Muslim The Muslim culture has always been a mystery to me and I always wondered about the complexities of the culture, as well as the every day life things I felt like this bo...In A Golden Age, Tahmima Anam s first book in this Bangladesh trilogy the focus is on Rehana, the mother of Maya and Sohail and most of the book takes place from March to December 1971, during the Bangladesh War of Independence It shows how families, neighbours, ordinary citizens coped with war, how they got involved and the effect it had on them all.Now, in The Good Muslim it is some years after the war and Maya has just returned to Dhaka, to the family home and over the course of the novel we In A Golden Age, Tahmima Anam s first book in this Bangladesh trilogy the focus is on Rehana, the mother of Maya and Sohail and most of the book takes place from March to December 1971, during the Bangladesh War of Independence It shows how families, neighbours, ordinary citizens coped with war, how they got involved and the effect it had on them all.Now, in The Good Muslim it is some years after the war and Maya has just returned to Dhaka, to the family home and over the course of the novel we discover her reasons for leaving, her disenchantment with how the war has affected her brother, who is n...This compelling novel is a follow up to A Golden Age While The Good Muslim is a story on to itself, it definitely would be much better appreciated having read The Golden Age First It has been over 10 years since Bangladesh won independence, however there is still no real democracy The two young Golden Age protagonists, brother and sister Maya and Souhail, are now in their early 30s and have gone different ways Maya is a medical doctor, secular and still holds her revolutionary beliefs that This compelling novel is a follow up to A Golden Age While The Good Muslim is a story on to itself, it definitely would be much better appreciated having read The Golden Age First It has been over 10 years since Bangladesh won independence, however there is still no real democracy The two young Golden Age protagonists, brother and sister Maya and Souhail, are now in their early 30s and have gone different ways Maya is a medical doctor, secular and still holds her revolutionary beliefs that she had as a student On the other hand, Souhail has renounced his past and become a religious fundamentalist Their mother Rehanna does what she always has, devote herself to her family I love Tahmima Anam writing because she enables you to live with her characters You feel like they are real people and you ...I was right to wait to finish this I could have finished it before bed last night, but I had a feeling that the ending should wait until morning I was right The end was magnificent and difficult I needed the night of sleep and the strong coffee to fortify me against the heartache at the conclusion Tears at 6 30am from a book Yep Tahmima Anam is quite possibly the greatest of my reading discoveries I m so thankful that my MENA reading group decided to branch out one year and dip our I was right to wait ...Alternating between 1971 and 1984 The Good Muslim tells the story of Maya, a doctor who has spent seven years in self imposed exile travelling the country, helping women and children survive childbirth and common illnesses, and her brother, Sohail, a freedom fighter in the war against Pakistan that ended in 1971 In the 70s, the young country was embracing a constitution and finding its feet, but Sohail is tormented by a girl he rescued from a barracks, Piya, and a man he killed on the road Alternating between 1971 and 1984 The Good Muslim tells the story of Maya, a doctor who has spent seven years in self imposed exile travelling the country, helping women and children survive childbirth and common illnesses, and her brother, Sohail, a freedom fighter in the war against Pakistan that ended in 1971 In the 70s, the young country was embracing a constitution and finding its feet, but Sohail ...

• English
• 01 September 2018
Tahmima Anam
• Hardcover
• 304 pages
• 0061478768
• Tahmima Anam
• The Good Muslim