The Good Muslim - Hardcover

Anam, Tahmima

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061478768 ISBN 13: 9780061478765

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2011

Synopsis

“Delicate, heart-wrenching and poetic, this is a novel ofgreat poise and power.” —Tash Aw, author of The Harmony Silk Factory

Set in Bangladesh at a time when Islamic fundamentalism ison the rise, The Good Muslim is an epic story about faith, familyand the long shadow of war. Tahmima Anam, the prize-winning author of A Golden Age, offers a moving portrait of a sister and brother whostruggle with the competing loyalties of love and belief as they cope with thelasting ravages of war and confront the deeply intimate roots of religiousextremism. Echoingthe intensity and humanity of Thrity Umrigar’s The SpaceBetween Us, Abraham Verghese’s Cutting for Stone, and Kiran Desai’s TheInheritance of Loss,Anam’s “accomplished and gripping novel,” in thewords of author Pankaj Mishra, “describes not only the tumult of a greathistorical event, but also the small but heroic struggles of individuals livingin the shadow of revolution and war.”

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In the dying days of a brutal civil war, 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 madrasa, the conflict between them comes to a devastating climax. Set in Bangladesh at a time when religious fundamentalism is on the rise, The Good Muslim is an epic story about faith, family and the long shadow of war.

Review

A major new talent * * Observer * * Tahmima Anam's startlingly accomplished and gripping novel describes not only the tumult of a great historical event... but also the small but heroic struggles of individuals living in the shadow of revolution and war. -- Pankaj Mishra on A Golden Age Anam has done a service to her country ... No other writer has treated the subject with such clarity before, in English. * * Times Literary Supplement on A Golden Age * * In this striking debut novel ... Anam deftly weaves the personal and the political, giving the terrors of war spare, powerful treatment. * * The New Yorker on A Golden Age * * An assured, moving read * * The Times on A Golden Age * * Beautifully told, intimate and touching; Anam has a knack for making you care so desperately for her characters that you admire their failings as much as their strengths. * * Daily Mail on A Golden Age * * Anam's prose is glowing and graceful throughout; whether detailing the degradations of a refugee camp, the tenderness of an unexpected love affair, or the exhilarated dread of a nation in cataclysm. * * Guardian on A Golden Age * * This is storytelling at its best ... A beautiful story of hope, heroism and human survival amid cruelty. Everyone should read this and learn. * * Daily Express on A Golden Age * * The authenticity shines through Anam's beautiful, simple prose. * * Harper's Bazaar * * My reader adored this and was happy to compare it with The God of Small Things and Brick Lane. * * Bookseller on A Golden Age * *

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0061478768
• ISBN 13: 9780061478765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 297