Overview
Set in the period before and through the Bangladeshi war of independence, this novel has at its heart the continuing friendship between three boys with a love of cinema, whose loyalty into adulthood has surprising outcomes. Bulbul, the central character, is a journalist who witnesses and experiences the clash between individual struggles for meaning in a world torn apart by war, genocide and religious exclusions. This is a novel that has everything: tenderness, humour, sadness, satire, horror, tension and release. Scene after scene of brilliant storytelling drives the narrative, revealing truths about the difficult emergence of a postcolonial society and reflecting on the nature of storytelling as a characteristic of Bengali culture - a double-edged one because stories can both evade and uncover buried secrets.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781845235871
- ISBN-10: 1845235878
- Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
- Publish Date: August 2024
- Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 1.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
- Page Count: 432
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