‘Tahmima Anam’s startlingly accomplished and gripping novel 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’
- Pankaj Mishra
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"I couldn't tear myself away from A Golden Age...the
authenticity shines through Anam's beautiful, simple
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- Martha Kearney, Harper's Bazaar
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There is a powerful feeling of tension as we wait to see how [the] story of domestic loss will work its way into the narrative of civil war, and when it does the result is heart-shattering.
Kamila Shamsie, Guardian Review, March 17, 2007 |
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The book opens with a prescient quote from the Bengali poet Shamsur Rahman: "Freedom, you are an arbour in the garden, the koel's song, glistening leaves on banyan trees, my notebook of poetry, to scribble as I please." A Golden Age pays tribute, with sensitivity and restrained passion, to those who fought for one such arbour: a country to call home.
Christian House, Independent on Sunday, March 18, 2007 |
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A Golden Age copes with "bone-breaking grief" via stylistic grace; it does not buckle beneath the weight of its material, but with tight narrative vertebrae moves through the months of a single year in prose of a beautiful sparsity, as if it knows time is precious and it must choose what to salvage from the flotsam and jetsam of history.
Anita Sethi, Independent, March 16, 2007 |
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"The definitive 1971 novel."
Khademul Islam, The Daily Star, March 31, 2007 |
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"The Family Story in Bangladesh's War"
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"Calcutta Telegraph
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“Daughter of a Golden Age” |
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