Shahidul (659 results)

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Unread copy. Text is free from markings and highlights. DA.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Haunting and apocalyptic . a literature of the future - SIDDHARTHA DEBBorn in 1953 in Old Dhaka, Shahidul Zahir died young and published only six works in his lifetime -- but these are some of the most unique and powerful works of fiction to have come out of the subcontinent. With his own particular blend of surrealism, folklore, oral storytelling traditions, magic realism, a searing understanding of social and political reality, and rare clarity of vision, he forged a truly extraordinary voice.Life and Political Reality is the work that established his reputation and granted him cult status in Bangladesh. It examines the 1971 war and its aftermath -- a treatise on liberation, and the destruction of the idealism and spirit of post-war Bangladesh, told in a single corrosive, stream-of-consciousness paragraph. Abu Ibrahim's Death is a quieter companion novella, and one that is equally concerned with idealism and compromise, as it studies with deep empathy and nuance the fall of its titular protagonist. Born in 1953 in Old Dhaka, Shahidul Zahir died young and published only six works in his lifetime -- but these are some of the most unique and powerful works of fiction to have come out of the subcontinent. With his own particular blend of surrealism, folklore, oral storytelling traditions, magic realism. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: New. pp. 212.

Condition: New. pp. 212.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Born in 1953 in Old Dhaka, Shahidul Zahir published only six works in his short life - but these are some of the most unique and powerful works of fiction to have come out of the subcontinent, blending surrealism, folklore, oral storytelling traditions, magic realism, a searing understanding of social and political reality, and rare clarity of vision. I See the Face is an alternative telling of the story, or history, of Bangladesh, beginning with the War of Liberation in 1971. Moving effortlessly from the past to the present, and back again, Zahir paints a picture of the crisis of post-independence Bangladesh and describes how society or the State drives a poor but brilliant boy to destruction. There is biting wit and humour, and above all, a kind of ethereal understatement which make the reading experience an incomparable one. With I See the Face, Shahidul Zahir surpasses himself.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. Born in 1953 in Old Dhaka, Shahidul Zahir published only six works in his short life but these are some of the most unique and powerful works of fiction to have come out of the subcontinent. With his own particular blend of surrealism, folklore, oral storytelling traditions, magic realism, a searing understanding of social and political reality, and rare clarity of vision, he created a truly extraordinary oeuvre. Life and Political Reality is the work that established his reputation and granted him cult status in Bangladesh. It examines the 1971 war and its aftermath; a treatise on liberation, and the destruction of the idealism and spirit of post-war Bangladesh, told in a single, corrosive, stream-of-consciousness paragraph. Abu Ibrahim's Death is a quieter companion novella, but one that is equally concerned with idealism and compromise, as it studies with deep empathy and nuance the fall of its titular protagonist. Together, these two novellas make for a superb introduction to a truly brilliant shooting star in the literary firmament of Bangladesh and the world.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. Born in 1953 in Old Dhaka, Shahidul Zahir published only six works in his short life - but these are some of the most unique and powerful works of fiction to have come out of the subcontinent. With his own particular blend of surrealism, folklore, oral storytelling traditions, magic realism, a searing understanding of social and political reality, and rare clarity of vision, he created a truly extraordinary oeuvre. A moholla caught in a time warp. A down-on-their-luck husband and wife who are stalked by ravens. A magician who sells addictive figs. A pair of thieving monkeys. In these pages is the world of the moholla, where rumours and gossip abound and where everyone knows everyone, where seemingly bizarre yet intriguing creations deliver profound commentary on post-independence Bangladesh. Superbly translated by V. Ramaswamy, each of these ten stories takes you beyond the rules of language and storytelling, into a place that is at once achingly familiar and terrifying.…

Condition: New. pp. 212.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. The book is an output of Ph.D dissertation at the University of St.Andrews U.K under the sponsorship of the Association of Commonwealth Universities Relative Sea Level Movements both in geological time scale as well as the current trends refer to very complicated processes operating globally regionally and locally. Dr. Islam has widely reviewed these issues from theoretical to applied context. Based on empirical evidences the fluctuating history of relative sea level movements during the last ten thousand years for Bangladesh have been reconstructed. The implications of such reconstructed marine transgression regression sequences on coastal geometry shoreline migration coastal vegetation successions and coastal dynamics have been synthesized quantitatively. This book offers a clear explanation to the science of sea level changes and can be used widely by academics policy makers coastal and environmental scientists geographers university students and above all general readers. 185 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN:9788119894352.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (history, sociology, asia) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Hardbound. Condition: As New. New. Contents 1. Angst and ennui. 2. The student and the bird lady. 3. Sajeda. 4. Third world exposition. 5. Fitzrovia. 6. Three women and a bond. 7. Notting Hill Nocturnal. 8. Delusionals. The eight stories included in Uneven Octagon cover three continents North America Europe and Asia. Excepting one they all deal with expatriates from South Asia interacting with each other and with white and black British and Americans in varied settings and situations. The exception Angst and Ennui is a fictionalized account of a young man's travails in the suffocating atmosphere of occupied Dhaka in 1971 and attempts to capture in a microcosm the backdrop to Bangladesh's liberation struggle. The other stories deal with human failings and triumphs in variety of settings. The Student and the Bird Lady about an old woman is set in Boston USA. Sajeda about an expatriate Bangladeshi Professor caught in a Trap of Forbidden Love is also set in the US as is Third World Exposition about black children from a Ghetto area of Boston. Fitzrovia Three Women and a Bond Notting Hill Nocturnal and Delusionals are set in various locales in London an off beat restaurant and a nude bar among them where drama students South Asian Expatriates con artists and illegal immigrants play out their lives. Shahidul Alam's short stories provide an illuminating if at times a pessimistic and disturbing picture of the contemporary South Asian Diaspora. 138 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. On the night of 5 August, I did not know if I was going to live or die," writes Shahidul Alam, one of Bangladesh's most respected photojournalists, essayists and social activists, remembering his arrest, torture and eventual 101-day incarceration in Keraniganj Jail in 2018. Just a few hours before, he had given a television interview criticizing the government's brutal handling of the student protests of that year which had called for improved road safety and an end to wider social injustice-in his words, "the years of misrule, the corruption, the wanton killing, the wealth amassed by the ruling coterie." Combining Alam's photos and texts with those of a range of collaborators, including art-work by Sofia Karim and fellow inmates, The Tide Will Turn documents his experiences, the global support for his release, and the ongoing fight for secularism and democracy in Bangladesh and beyond.Described by its editor Vijay Prashad as about "the beauty and tragedy of our world, about how to photograph that dialectic, and about how to write about it," the book comprises four parts: a record of Alam's time in jail; a chapter each on art and politics, exploring their inevitable interconnectedness; and an exchange of letters between the imprisoned Alam and writer Arundhati Roy, proof of creativity's endurance even when the state attempts to stifle it. Together, these form a layered critique of autocracy, one underpinned by Alam's unyielding hope, his conviction that "the tide will turn, and the nameless, faceless people will rise. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardback. Condition: New.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. A Journalistic Approach to Sustainable Hospitality and Tourism in Bangladesh. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: new.

Condition: New. pp. viii + 83 Maps (Col.).

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. pp. viii + 83, Abbreviations.