The Good Muslim

Zusatztext "Anam tells a poignant! little-known story of a country often lost in the maze of global politics." Informationen zum Autor Tahmima Anam is an anthropologist and a novelist. Her debut novel, A Golden Age , won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. In 2013, she was named one of Granta’ s Best Young British Novelists. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and was a judge for the 2016 International Man Booker Prize. Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, she was educated at Mount Holyoke College and Harvard University, and now lives in Hackney, East London. Klappentext A New Yorker Best Book of the Year In the dying days of a brutal civil war in Bangladesh, Sohail Haque stumbles upon an abandoned building. Inside he finds a young woman whose story will haunt him for a lifetime to come. Almost a decade later, Sohail's sister, Maya, returns home after a long absence to find her beloved brother transformed. While Maya has stuck to her revolutionary ideals, Sohail has shunned his old life to become a charismatic religious leader. And when Sohail decides to send his son to a madrasa, the conflict between brother and sister comes to a devastating climax. The Good Muslim is an epic story about faith, family, the rise of religious fundamentalism, and the long shadow of war from prizewinning Bangladeshi novelist Tahmima Anam. Zusammenfassung “Delicate, heart-wrenching and poetic, this is a novel of great poise and power.” —Tash Aw, author of The Harmony Silk Factory The Good Muslim is an epic story about faith, family, the rise of religious fundamentalism, and the long shadow of war from prize-winning Bangladeshi novelist Tahmima Anam. In the dying days of a brutal civil war in Bangladesh, Sohail Haque stumbles upon an abandoned building. Inside he finds a young woman whose story will haunt him for a lifetime to come. Almost a decade later, Sohail's sister, Maya, returns home after a long absence to find her beloved brother transformed. While Maya has stuck to her revolutionary ideals, Sohail has shunned his old life to become a charismatic religious leader. And when Sohail decides to send his son to a madrasa, the conflict between brother and sister comes to a devastating climax. ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Tahmima Anam
• Verlag: Harper Perennial USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 14.08.2012
• EAN: 9780061478864
• ISBN: 978-0-06-147886-4
• Seiten: 320
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 204 mm x 18 mm
• Serie: P.S.
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Historical romance, Romantic suspense, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Historical crime and mysteries, Religious and spiritual fiction, FICTION: General, ISLAMIC STUDIES: LITERATURE, FICTION: Asian American, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: WORLD FICTION, FICTION: Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION: Family Life / Siblings, FICTION: Historical / World War II, FICTION: World Literature / American / 21st Century, FICTION: World Literature / India / 21st Century, FICTION: Historical / 20th Century / Post-World War II, First Year Experience / World Fiction, Islamic Studies / Literature