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Godzilla and the Song Bird

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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.

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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