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As young widow Rehana Haque awakes one March morning, she might be forgiven for feeling happy. Today she will throw a party for her son and daughter. In the garden of the house she has built, her roses are blooming, her children are almost grown, and beyond their doorstep, the city is buzzing with excitement after recent elections. Change is in the air. But none of the guests at Rehana's party can foresee what will happen in the days and month...

From prizewinning Bangladeshi novelist Tahmima Anam comes her deeply moving second novel about the rise of Islamic radicalism in Bangladesh, seen through the intimate lens of a family.Pankaj Mishra praised A Golden Age, Tahmima Anam's debut novel, as a "startlingly accomplished and gripping novel that describes not only the tumult of a great historical event . . . but also the small but heroic struggles of individuals living in the shadow of r...

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In this "wise and wickedly funny novel about love, creativity, and the limitations of the tech-verse" (Vogue) newlyweds Asha and Cyrus find themselves running one of the most popular social media platforms in the world.Meet Asha Ray. Brilliant coder and possessor of a Pi tattoo, Asha is poised to make a scientific breakthrough when she is reunited with her high school crush, Cyrus Jones. Before she knows it, Asha has abandoned her lab, exchang...

Eine geniale App, ein erfolgreiches Start-up und die Liebe Asha hat einen Abschluss in Computerscience in der Tasche und steht vor einer großen Zukunft. Doch als sie auf Cyrus trifft, wirft sie zum Entsetzen ihrer Familie alle Karrierepläne über Bord, heiratet Hals über Kopf und schreibt nebenbei einen bahnbrechenden Algorithmus für ein neues soziales Netzwerk. Was als Ashas Idee beginnt, wird zu einem erfolgreichen Start-up und Cyrus wird al...

Halfway through her PhD, computer scientist Asha has her future all mapped out. Then a chance meeting and whirlwind romance with her old high-school crush, Cyrus, changes everything. Together with their friend Jules they come up with a revolutionary idea: to build a social networking app that could bring meaning to millions of lives. While Asha creates an ingenious algorithm, Cyrus' charismatic appeal throws him into the spotlight. And when th...

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A whip-smart, funny, and searing look at the wild world of startups." —Good Morning America Book Club Buzz Pick "Tahmima Anam deftly uses humor to explore both start-up culture and the institution of marriage in an utterly charming and genuinely thoughtful way." —Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind Newlyweds Asha and Cyrus build an app that replaces religious rituals and soon find themselves running one of the most popular social med...

A quirky, funny, deeply intelligent story of love, big dreams, starting up and feminist geekdom

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AFTER YEARS AWAY FROM HER FAMILY, MAYA HAQUE IS ON THE JOURNEY HOME TO DHAKA. BUT WHAT IF, AS MAYA DISCOVERS, EVERYTHING YOU ONCE KNEW HAS CHANGED BEYOND RECOGNITION? WHAT IF YOU MUST RE-LEARN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GOOD DAUGHTER? AND HOW DO YOU BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND A BROTHER WHO HAS TAKEN A PATH SO DIFFERENT FROM YOUR OWN? MAYA FACES THESE QUESTIONS AND MANY MORE IN THE GOOD MUSLIM, AN EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL ABOUT FAITH, FAMILY AND THE LONG SHADOW...

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Bangladesh, 1984. Maya preme il viso contro il finestrino del vecchio treno sbuffante. Il binario della stazione di Dacca è invaso dalle urla dei ragazzini che vendono bibite fresche. Sono passati anni dalla fine della guerra d'indipendenza dal Pakistan. Anni in cui Maya ha lottato per la sua terra, salvando centinaia di vite in un piccolo ospedale di campagna. Adesso il paese è dominato da una dittatura e la parola d'ordine è dimenticare: tut...

Cambridge, Massachusetts, fine dell'estate. Zubaida, giovane dottoranda di Harvard, sta per lasciare l'America. Non vede l'ora di fare ritorno nel suo paese, il Bangladesh, dove la aspettano a braccia aperte la famiglia adottiva e il fidanzato di sempre, Rashid. La attende anche un'occasione unica che non può certo rifiutare: partecipare come paleontologa a uno scavo importante che potrebbe riscrivere la storia. Ma qualche giorno prima della p...

Zubaida, junge Paläontologin aus Bangladesch, trifft in Harvard in dem Amerikaner Elijah ihre große Liebe, heiratet jedoch aus Verpflichtung ihrer Familie und den Traditionen gegenüber ihren Jugendfreund Rashid. Doch bald schon entflieht sie den familiären Zwängen und Rashids Erwartungen. Als sie einige Zeit für eine humanitäre Organisation in den berüchtigten Abwrackwerften von Chittagong arbeitet, trifft sie Elijah wieder - dort, wo Arbeiter...

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Un país a punt d'esclatar. Una guerra que dividirà una nació en dues, i una mare que haurà d'afrontar la decisió més dura de la seva vida. Pakistan Oriental, 1971. Rehana Haque prepara una festa al jardí de casa seva per als seus dos fills grans. Tot està preparat, però a l'ambient es respiren aires de canvi. Una nació atrapada entre l'esperança i el perill és a punt d'escollir el seu destí. Estudiants, dirigents polítics, tiradors de rikshaw,...

Als Maya Haque nach vielen Jahren zu ihrer Familie nach Dhaka zurückkehrt, versteht sie die Welt nicht mehr: Sohail, ihr geliebter Bruder, einst ein fortschrittlich denkender Student, ist zum fundamentalistischen Moslem geworden. Als er seinen Sohn Zaid auf eine entfernte Koranschule schickt, wo er misshandelt wird, ist für Maya das Maß voll. Vor dem Hintergrund der Geschichte Bangladeschs erzählt Tahmima Anam eine bewegende Familiengeschicht...