Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A golden age A golden age Tahmima Anam As young widow Rehana Haque awakes one March morning, she might be forgiven for feeling happy. Today she will throw a party for her son and daughter. In the garden of the house she has built, her ros… OL13252025W
A golden age A golden age Tahmima Anam As she plans a party for her son and daughter, Rehana Haque's life will be transformed in a story of one family caught in the middle of the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence, as they face changes a… OL16069489W
Faker Faker Katy Gardner Ed and Sarah fall in love while doing aid work in Bangladesh, where they set up a campaign to prevent an oil giant from buying up local land. But their efforts prove unpopular in the village, and an … OL17733460W
Revenge Revenge Tasalima Nasarina "In modern Bangladesh, Jhumur marries for love and imagines life with her husband, Haroon, will continue much as it did when they were dating. But once she crosses the threshold of Haroon's family ho… OL18015947W
The storm The storm Arif Anwar "Seamlessly interweaves five love stories that, together, chronicle sixty years of Bangladeshi history. Shahryar, a recent PhD graduate and father of nine-year-old Anna, must leave the US when his vi… OL19743792W
Scenes from Early Life Scenes from Early Life Philip Hensher 'Scenes from Early Life' is the story of one upper-middle-class Bengali family, told in the form of a memoir. It is an autobiography, a novel and, in part, a history of one of the most ferocious of 2… OL20341912W
A Golden Age A Golden Age Tahmima Anam,Tahmima Anam As Rehana Haque awakes one March morning, she might be forgiven for feeling happy. Today she will throw a party for her son and daughter. In the garden of the house she has built, her roses are bloom… OL9302746W