Books from Bangladesh
20 popular bangladeshi books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Asia Challenge" were written by authors from Bangladesh.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Leave the World Behind : A Novel by Rumaan Alam EN
Country: Asia / Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Description:
"A ... novel about two families--strangers to each other--who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong"--
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Love Marriage : A Novel by Monica Ali EN
Country: Asia / Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Description:
Set in London now, Love Marriage marks the magnificent return of Monica Ali, the Booker Prize shortlisted, "splendid, daring, brilliant, refreshing" novelist (The New Republic) "with an inborn generosity that cannot be learned" (The New York Times Book Review). Yasmin Ghorami in twenty-six, in training to be a doctor (like her Indian-born father), and engaged to the charismatic, upper-class Joe Sangster, whose formidable mother, Harriet, is a famous feminist. The gulf between families is vast. So, too, is the gulf in sexual experience between Yasmin and Joe. As the wedding day draws near, misu... continue
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Country: Asia / Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Description:
Between husbands and wives, sometimes revenge is the best way to get even.
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Country: Asia / Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Description:
When the Barbri Mosque at Ayodhya, India, was destroyed by Hindu fundamentalists on December 6,1992, fierce mob reprisals took place against the Hindu minority in Muslim Bangladesh. These incidents form the backdrop for Dr. Taslima Nasrin's explosive and courageous book, "Shame", describing the nightmarish fate of one family within her country's small Hindu community.
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The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam EN
Country: Asia / Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Description:
One of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists.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 of war.
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The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain EN
Country: Asia / Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Description:
"Saad Z. Hossain continues to blow through the flimsy walls of genre like a whirlwind with The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday, sweeping science-fiction, fantasy, myth, and satire into the wildly imaginative vortex of his ever-expanding fictional universe of alternate djinn-history and futures. Hossain's wit and wry compassion create a vision of humanity's hurtling path through time and space as both farcical and epic, leaving a blazing trail of casualties and wonders."—Indra Das When the djinn king Melek Ahmar wakes up after millennia of imprisoned slumber, he finds a world vastly different fr... continue
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The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar EN
Country: Asia / Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Description:
When Nishat comes out to her parents, they say she can be anyone she wants - as long as she isn't herself. Because Muslim girls aren't lesbians. Nishat doesn't want to lose her family, but she also doesn't want to hide who she is, which only gets harder once Flavia walks into her life. Beautiful and charismatic, Flavia takes Nishat's breath away. But as their lives become tangled, they're caught up in a rivalry that gets in the way of any feelings they might have for each other. Can Nishat find a way to be true to herself... and find love too?
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The Storm : A Novel by Arif Anwar EN
Country: Asia / Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Description:
“A remarkable debut, in which fiction vividly portrays specific events in history.”—Booklist (starred review) “This powerful and important debut is a story for our time.” —Library Journal (starred review) From an immensely talented new voice in international fiction, a sweeping tour de force that seamlessly interweaves five love stories that, together, chronicle sixty years of Bangladeshi history. Shahryar, a recent PhD graduate and father of nine-year-old Anna, must leave the US when his visa expires. In their last remaining weeks together, we learn Shahryar’s history, in a village on the Ba... continue
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Vent en rafales : récit by Taslima Nasreen FR
Country: Asia / Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Description:
Avant d'être condamnée à mort par les fondamentalistes de son pays et d'incarner le combat des femmes du sous-continent indien, Taslima Nasreen a été une petite fille précoce, une adolescente passionnée de littérature et de musique, une jeune femme follement amoureuse. Aujourd'hui au seuil de la quarantaine, elle évoque, à travers ces scènes - souvent délirantes pour un esprit occidental - de la vie bangladaise, les événements qui ont marqué sa jeunesse. Dont une éducation menée d'une main de fer par un père qui entend imposer, littéralement à la matraque, des idées prétendument " modernes ", ... continue