by Tahmima Anam · Canongate · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781847679765
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«A Golden Age» is the historical novel by Tahmima Anam, published by Canongate Books in paperback (317 pages, in English).
In March 1971, in Dhaka (East Pakistan), young widow Rehana Haque prepares a garden party for her children. After the recent elections, the city buzzes with an atmosphere of change, but the country is on the brink of the war that will lead to Bangladesh's independence. As the conflict advances, Rehana struggles to keep her family safe.
First installment of the «Bangla Desh» series by Tahmima Anam. Originally published in 2007, it won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first novel and was a finalist for the Guardian First Book Award.
For readers of historical fiction and war narrative set in twentieth-century conflicts, particularly the Bangladesh War of Independence.
Tahmima Anam is a Bangladeshi-born British writer, novelist and columnist. Her first novel, A Golden Age (2007), was the Best First Book winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prizes. Her follow-up novel, The Good Muslim, was nominated for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize. She is the granddaughter of Abul Mansur Ahmed and daughter of Mahfuz Anam.
