The Good Muslim

Tahmima Anam

What does it mean to be a good daughter, sister, friend and citizen - and a good Muslim?

Synopsis

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.

The Good Muslim

Tahmima Anam

Tahmima Anam was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Costa First Novel Award, and was the winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. She is also author of The Good Muslim. She lives in London.

: 'Exquisite . . . this work confirms Anam as one of our most important novelists', Sunday Telegraph
: 'The narrative shimmers with poetry. Anam seems to be a novelist not so much luxuriating in the act of writing as in total control of it, using just the right words to create her stunning story', Independent
: 'A lyrical, thought-provoking, powerful meditation on belief, love and loyalty', Easy Living
: 'An exceptional and searching look at the horrors of war', Metro
: 'Powerful and ambitious, The Good Muslim more than fulfils the promises of Tahmima Anam's celebrated debut, A Golden Age', Guardian

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The Good Muslim

Maya Haque - outspoken, passionate, headstrong - has been estranged from her brother Sohail for almo
A Golden Age

Spring, 1971, East Pakistan. Rehana Haque is throwing a party for her beloved children, Sohail and M