The Golden Age by Tahmima Anam, due out in January from John Murray, promises to be a rich, interesting novel with the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War as background. It is attracting positive press coverage already. The Guardian called her "a major new talent." Excerpt to appear in January's
Granta. Wow!
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1957394,00.html
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006
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