- 304 pages
- English
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A Golden Age
About this book
Spring, 1971, East Pakistan. Rehana Haque is throwing a party for her beloved children, Sohail and Maya. Her young family is growing up fast, and Rehana wants to remember this day forever. But out on the hot city streets, something violent is brewing. As the civil war develops, a war which will eventually see the birth of Bangladesh, Rehana struggles to keep her children safe and finds herself facing a heartbreaking dilemma.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Map
- Epigraph
- Contents
- March 1959: Prologue
- March 1971: Shona with her back to the sun
- 25 March 1971: Operation Searchlight
- April: Radio Free Bangladesh
- May: Tikka Khan, the Butcher of Bengal!
- June: I loves you, Porgy
- July: The red-tipped bird
- August, September, October: Salt Lake
- November: Take my affliction
- 16 December 1971
- Acknowledgements
- Promo page for other Canongate titles
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