{"product_id":"a-golden-age-9780061478758","title":"A Golden Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Spellbinding . . . . Anam has written a story about powerful events. But it is her descriptions of the small, unheralded moments . . . that truly touch the heart.\" --\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTahmima Anam's deeply moving debut novel about a mother's all-consuming love for her two children, set against the backdrop of war and terror, has led critics to comparisons with \u003cem\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Splendid Suns.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRehana Haque, a young widow transplanted to the city of Dhaka in East Pakistan, is fiercely devoted to her adolescent children, Maya and Sohail. Both become fervent nationalists in the violent political turmoil which, in 1971, transforms a brutal Pakistani civil war into a fight to the death for Bangladeshi independence. Fair-minded and intensely protective of her family, but not at all political, Rehana is sucked into the conflict in spite of herself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of passion and revolution, of family, friendship and unexpected heroism, \u003cem\u003eA Golden Age\u003c\/em\u003e depicts the chaos of an era and the choices everyone--from student protesters to the country's leaders, and rickshaw wallahs to the army's soldiers--must make. Rehana herself will face a cruel dilemma; the choice she makes is at once heartbreaking and true to the character we have come to love and respect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnam, Tahmima:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTahmima Anam is an anthropologist and a novelist. Her debut novel, \u003cem\u003eA Golden Age\u003c\/em\u003e, won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. In 2013, she was named one of \u003cem\u003eGranta'\u003c\/em\u003es\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eBest Young British Novelists. She is a contributing opinion writer for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and was a judge for the 2016 International Man Booker Prize. Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, she was educated at Mount Holyoke College and Harvard University, and now lives in Hackney, East London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662092177682,"sku":"9780061478758","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_abe7c4e5-9f3b-4909-9ec0-5cc6d93a0d3c.jpg?v=1733512110","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-golden-age-9780061478758","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}