A golden age tahmima anam review6/27/2023 When I first heard about this book on BBC's Radio 4 I did a little jig around the room because, it is not often a Bangladeshi writer is propelled to international fame.the last author to have appeared on the bestseller's list was Monica Ali for "Brick Lane", but whereas "Brick Lane" was essentially an immigrant story, "A Golden Age" explores how the fight for independence affected the lives of normal people living in Bangladesh or East Pakistan as it was called then, their trials, their tribulations and most of all, the sacrifices they had to make in order for their country to be free from Pakistan. Unfortunately for Pakistan, 1,500 miles separated West Pakistan from its Eastern Provinces "on either side of India like a pair of horns" and the eastern provinces became known as Bangladesh in 1971 after it secured its Independence from Pakistan in a bloody battle. When the British left India in 1947, they divided India into two states, India and Pakistan. To fully appreciate the novel, here's a little historical background:
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