by Tahmima Anam · Casa das Letras · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724617701
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«Uma Época de Ouro» is the historical novel by Tahmima Anam, published by Casa das Letras in paperback (318 pages, in Portuguese).
Set in Bangladesh during the 1971 war of independence, it follows Rehana Haque, a widow trying to protect her children as the country heads towards revolution. The novel weaves family drama with the birth of a nation and shows how conflict transforms the lives of those who live through it.
Tahmima Anam's first novel and the first instalment of the Bangla Desh series. Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award; winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first novel.
For readers of historical fiction and family stories with a wartime backdrop.
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.
