![]() ![]() ![]() In this portrait of postwar Bangladesh, a brother-sister duo symbolize, almost too neatly, the clash between secularism. Set in Bangladesh at a time when religious fundamentalism is on the rise, The Good Muslim is an epic story about faith, family, and the long shadow of war. by Tahmima Anam (Harper Collins 25.99) August 1, 2011. And when Sohail decides to send his son to a madrasa, the conflict between brother and sister comes to a devastating climax. While Maya has stuck to her revolutionary ideals, Sohail has shunned his old life to become a charismatic religious leader. Almost a decade later, Sohail's sister, Maya, returns home after a long absence to find her beloved brother transformed. Inside he finds a young woman whose story will haunt him for a lifetime to come. In the dying days of a brutal civil war, Sohail Haque stumbles upon an abandoned building. but also the small but heroic struggles of individuals living in the shadow of revolution and war." In her new novel, The Good Muslim, Anam again deftly weaves the personal and the political, evoking with great skill and urgency the lasting ravages of war and the competing loyalties of love and belief. 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. 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. ![]()
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