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A golden age was a good introduction to bangladeshs fight for independence, especially for me who grew up knowing barely anything apart from the fact i was born on the same date it started. About tahmima anam tahmima anam was born in dhaka, bangladesh. Written by tahmima anam, audiobook narrated by madhur jaffrey. Her first novel, a golden age, was shortlisted for the guardian first book award and the costa first novel prize, and was the winner of the 2008 commonwealth writers prize for best first book. Bangladesh used to be east pakistan and full of questions about its identity. Her followup novel, the good muslim, was nominated for the 2011 man asian literary prize. Powerful and ambitious, the good muslim more than fufills the promises of tahmima anam s celebrated debut, a golden age. She was selected as a granta best of young british novelist 20. Tahmima anam was born in dhaka, bangladesh, in 1975 and grew up in paris, new york and bangkok, due to her fathers career with unesco tahmima anam attended harvard university, where she earned a ph. Pdf women had always been portrayed as exploited figures in the war history where the.
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