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Inspired by the 1970 Bhola Cyclone, in which half a million people perished overnight, The Storm seamlessly interweaves five love stories that, together, chronicle sixty years of Bangladeshi history.Shahryar, a recent Ph.D graduate and father of nine year old Anna, must leave the US when his visa expires As father and daughter spend their last remaining weeks together, Shahryar tells Anna the history of his country, beginning in a village on the Bay of Bengal, where a poor fisherman and his Hindu wife, who converted to Islam out of love for him, are preparing to face a storm of historic proportions Their story intersects with those of a Japanese fighter pilot, a British female doctor stationed in Burma during World War II, a Buddhist monk originally from Austria, and a privileged couple in Calcutta who leave everything behind to move to East Pakistan following the Partition of India The structure of this riveting novel mimics the storm itself building to a series of revelatory and moving climaxes as it explores the many ways in which families love, betray, honor, and sacrifice for one another.At once grounded in history and fantastically imaginative, The Storm is a sweeping epic in the tradition of Khaled Hosseini s The Kite Runner and Rohinton Mistry s A Fine Balance by an immensely talented new voice in international fiction. Download The Storm – kino-fada.fr Writing the novel was definitely an amazing experience, hence the five stars As for reading it, well, you tell meOne cyclone that erased half a million lives overnight One nation carved into two A war with so many sides that the entire world seemed on fire And five stories that span sixty years and countless twists of fate Inspired by the Bhola Cyclone that devastated what is now Bangladesh in November 1970, Arif Anwar spins the globe and lands the reader in WWII Burma, the Partition of India in 1947, the 1970 Bhola Cyclone, the 1972 Bangladesh independence, and modern day Washington D.C His premise ...The Storm is an aptly named book because the events in the book are a whirlwind of emotions We follow our protagonist, Shahryar Chaudhury, who is being deported in the US because his work visa is about to expire He has to make a decision to leave his daughter behind A family tragedy makes himself travel to Dhaka and here we witness the beautiful peeling of the story The story also comprises of a British field physician, a Japanese pilot and a privileged couple who make the move from Calcutta The Storm is an aptly named book because the events in the book are a whirlwind of emotions We follow our protagonist,...In this stunning debut novel, Arif Anwar weaves a complex threaded story that weaves mystery, difficult choices, and the fate of history into an epic story of three generations of Bangladeshi history The book opens with Shahryar, a graduate student earning his Ph.D faces deportation as his visa is soon to expire leaving his daughter and ex wife behind He begins to ruminate on his childhood on the shores of the Bay of Bengal and begins to weave his woven fate with a historical storm and flood In this stunning debut novel, Arif Anwar weaves a complex threaded story that weaves mystery, difficult choices, and the fate of history into an epic story of three generations of Bangladeshi history The book opens with Shahryar, a graduate student earning his Ph.D faces deportation as his visa is soon to expire l...A random library grab A 5 international, multigenerational, multiple narrative, time hopping literary fiction ownvoices novel set in the Bay of Bengal and Washington DC among other places..I went into this one completely cold and it ended up being one of my most memorable reads of the year And THAT is what mood reading does for me it lets me pick up the exact right book for the exact right time and sets me up for an optimal reading experience I needed one that would force me to slow do A random library grab A 5 international, multigenerational, multiple narrative, time hopping literary fiction ownvoi...This novel has all of my favourite elements a great story, a bit of mystery, a lot of history and a cast of captivating characters A great debut novel from Arif Anwar.Arif Anwar s debut novel weaves together the sacrifices and choices individuals must make, both for themselves and for their family, into a story that spans 60 years of Bangladeshi history The book opens with Shahryar, a graduate student earning his Ph.D faces deportation as his visa is set to expire, forcing him to leave his daughter and ex wife behind From there, he tackles the stories of an English woman, a Japanese soldier, and an illiterate fisherman from Bengal, threading them together t Arif Anwar s debut novel weaves together the sacrifices and choices individuals must make, both for themselves and for their family, into a story that spans 60 years of Bangladeshi history The book opens with Shahryar, a graduate student earning his Ph.D faces deportation as his visa is set to expire, forcing him to leave his daughter and ex wife behind From there, he tackles the stories of an English woman, a Japanese soldier, a...Let s give the author kudos for having so many stories, taking place over 60 years, that all are interwoven and build on one another as they unfold I had trouble a few times keeping them all straight I can only imagine how difficult it must have been to write the story.The story flips seamlessly between the years and characters, taking place in India, Bangladesh, and the US I m sure that someone who knows about the partition of India would be able to put this into a better context than I cou Let s give the author kudos for having so many stories, taking place over 60 years, that all are interwoven and build on one another as they unfold I had trouble a few times keeping them all straight I can only imagine how difficult it must have been to write the story.The story flips seamlessly between the years and characters, taking place in India, Bangladesh, and the US I m sure that someone who knows about the partition of India would be able to put this into a better context than I could, but that lack of knowledge in no way kept me from being swept into the story The only thing that kept me from fully enjoying it was the use of so many words that were used in descriptive passages that were of Indian origin and I had no idea what they meant Sometimes this made it hard to picture what they were wearing, etc Since I tend to see a book in my head like a movie, based on the descriptions in the book, it was hard to do th...It has been a long time since I read a book that made me so emotional I won this book in a Facebook contest while searching for books similar to The Kite Runner, but what I got was incredible beyond words.At first, when I was reading through Gathering, I thought, what could an English woman, a Japanese soldier, and an illiterate fisherman from Bengal possibly have in common But all these people played such an integral but equally uniqu...I thought this was a capably written debut book It was a satisfying and quick read I enjoyed the general story and how the various characters lives intertwined.There were several voices Too many And that added to an emotional flatness Ichiro and Zahira certainly didn t need their own chapters And the book had too many coincidences, where characters appear and reappear by neatly crossing paths It felt too contrived after the first two occurrences.Lastly, the story threads were either I thought this was a capably written debut book It was a satisfying and quick read I enjoyed the general story and how the various characters lives intertwined.There were several voices Too many And that added to an emotional flatness Ichiro and Zahira certainly didn t need their own chapters And the book had too many coincidences, where characters appear and reappear by neatly crossing paths It felt...

The Storm
  • English
  • 26 October 2018
  • ebook
  • 368 pages
  • 1443454230
  • Arif Anwar
  • The Storm