August 8, 2013

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‘And The Mountains Echoed’ tells a tale of separated siblings

10 years ago Zafar Anjum

A tale of siblings and the ripples of their bitter parting gets a bit tedious towards the end. By now...

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Is Bangladesh ignoring Neamat Imam’s ‘The Black Coat’?

10 years ago Zafar Anjum

Tasting local flavours in China Sanjukta Sharma laments the cold treatment that The Black Coat, a novel by Bangladeshi-Canadian author Neamat Imam,...

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The Black Coat: The strangest English novel to come out of Bangladesh

10 years ago Zafar Anjum

A powerful fictional revisiting of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s troubled legacy in Bangladesh This is probably the strangest English novel to...

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Enigma of China by Qiu Xiaolong

10 years ago Zafar Anjum

While discussions on modern China usually take a heavy tone—or sometimes a flippant or sarcastic one—novelist Qiu Xiaolong has insteadnavigated a successful...

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Poetry

Interview with Victoria Chang, author of The Boss

10 years ago Zafar Anjum

Obsessive, tender, outraged, playful—Victoria Chang’s virtuosic third collection The Boss is a mesmerizing exploration of contemporary American culture, power structures, family life,...