A Golden Age

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As young widow Rehana Haque awakes one March morning, she might be forgiven for feeling happy Her children are almost grown, the city is buzzing with excitement after recent elections Change is in the air But no one can foresee what will happen in the days and months that follow For this is East Pakistan in 1971, a country on the brink of war And this family s life is about to change forever Set against the backdrop of the Bangladesh War of Independence, A Golden Age is a story of passion and revolution, of hope, faith, and unexpected heroism In the chaos of this era, everyone must make choices And as she struggles to keep her family safe, Rehana will be forced to face a heartbreaking dilemma. New Read Kindle ePUB A Golden Age Author Tahmima Anam – kino-fada.fr The Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh, was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self determination movement in East Pakistan and the 1971 Bangladesh genocide It resulted in the independence of the People s Republic of Bangladesh The war began after the Pakistani military junta based in West Pakistan launched Operation Searchlight against the people of East Pakistan on the night of 25 March 1971 It pursued t The Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh, was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self determination movement in East Pakistan and the 1971 Bangladesh genocide It resulted in the independence of the People s Republic of Bangladesh The war began after the Pakistani military junta based in West Pakistan launched Operation Searchlight against the people of East Pakistan on the night of 25 March 1971 It pursued the systematic elimination of nationalist Bengali civilians, students, intelligentsia, religious minorities and armed p...Some khademul Islam from Daily star has said that this book is a definitive novel on 1971 Who is this man Is he from Pakistan or outer planet Please, send him a copy of The days of 1971 by Jahanara Imam.Okay, before I say other things, first a little about Tahmima She was born in 1975 in Dhaka but has grown up abroad Goodreads says in Paris, New York City and Bangkok Thus naturally She has very faint idea about Bengalis and her book says so ...I did not know even the most solid facts of this history My ignorance is all theembarrassing since I live in an area of London with a large Bengali community and count Bengali folks among my students their families One of the things I find most frustrating about myself is that my memory will not hold dates, will not hold a timeline, seems radically inhospitable to histories I find it very difficult to read historical non fiction I need a novel, or at least a memoir, a personal st I did not know even the most solid facts of this history My ignorance is all theembarrassing since I live in an area of London with a lar...This is a debut novel set against the Bangladesh War of Independence it s not a historical novel, but the story is told through the medium of one family and those in their immediate circle The plot has a personal inspiration and is the story of Rehana Haque She is a single mother her children are in their late teens and are part of the struggle for independence There is the brutality of war, mostly at a distance, sometimes present and political events intrude but there is a continuum of fa This is a debut novel set against the Bangladesh War of Independence it s not a historical novel, but the story is told through the medium of one family and those in their immediate circle The plot has a personal inspiration and is the story of Rehana Haque She is a single mother her children are in their late teens and are part of the struggle for independence There is the brutality of war, mostly at a distance, sometimes present and political events intrude but there is a continuum of family life, food, neighbours, love and loss Sadly, I don t know enough about the historical events to comment on the historical accuracy, but Anam tells an engaging story Whilst there is warmth and empathy for those struggling for indepe...Oh, how I love to get my facts of the world from historical fiction I just can t get enough of it, especially when it s about something I know nothing about, like the 1971 Bangladeshi struggle for independence from Pakistan A little bit of culture, a little bit of...Dear Husband, I lost our children today.What an opening line Tahmima Anam s A Golden Age plunges you right into the twin events that form the basis of Rehana s character as a parent, fiercely protective and determined to have them near her The death of her husband and her fight to keep her children, when her dead husband s brother and his childless wife claim they could take better care of them.The first chapter begins with that day in 1959 when the court gives custody to her brother and siste Dear Husband, I lost our children today.What an opening line Tahmima Anam s A Golden Age plunges you right into the twin events that form the basis of Rehana s character as a parent, fiercely ...Until the end of 1971, Bangladesh, inhabited mainly by Bengalis, was known as East Pakistan West Pakistan, now all that remains of Pakistan is, and was inhabited by a Punjabi majority In 1970, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Mujib ,a Bengali and his party won the parliamentary elections Mujib was prevented from taking office by President General Yahya Khan, of West Pakistan, who along with many of his fellow Punjabis and Pathans held the Bengalis in low regard He arrested Mujib in early 1971 and Until the end of 1971, Bangladesh, inhabited mainly by Bengalis, was known as East Pakistan West Pakistan, now all that remains of Pakistan is, and was inhabited by a Punjabi majority In 1970, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Mujib ,a Bengali and his party won the parliamentary elections Mujib was prevented from taking office by President General Yahya Khan, of West Pakistan, who along with many of his fellow Punjabis and Pathans held the Bengalis in low regard He arrested Mujib in early 1971 and launched a vicious military assault on East Pakistan Its aim was to decimate the Bengali population During this operation, about a million East Pakistanis fled to neighbouring India and anything between 30,000..., A Golden Age , A Golden Age , , , , P.S This story about the separation of Bangladesh from Pakistan takes place from very shortly before the civil war with a completely unnecessary prologue set 20 years before until the day before the war is over It is the story of a family, of a mother who had given up her children but not really and of her children s political activities for their blossoming country.While this is a beautiful setup, and there are some very striking scenes, it is sadly not because of the book that they are striki This story about the separation of Bangladesh from Pakistan takes place from very shortly before...

A Golden Age
  • English
  • 13 August 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • 326 pages
  • Tahmima Anam
  • A Golden Age