{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061478758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/25\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tahmima Anam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916734828725,"sku":"9780061478758","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d484a7b0-141d-459a-92a7-888a1e0024cf.jpg?v=1687269717","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-golden-age-9780061478758","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}