<i>At A Glance</i>

Talking Books
The Thirsty Shore
Yasmeen Murshed
Printcraft Company Ltd.
Yasmeen Murshed likes to describe herself as a fulltime bookworm. An academic and till months ago an adviser to the caretaker government, she has always taken avid interest in writing about what she reads. This work is actually a compilation of some of those articles, all of which are based on wide-ranging erudition. The essays are a delight to read.
Shurjaster Kanna
Mumtaz Wadud
Banglaprakash
This work is actually a play, in that very modern sense of the meaning. The playwright, also known for her fiction, presents an image of society that is both contemporary in its theme and traditional in the ideas it espouses. It comes in highly readable language, testimony to Wadud's wide experience of words and images.
Amar Shomalochok Amar Bondhu
Rehman Sobhan
Centre for Policy Dialogue
Rehman Sobhan's place in Bangladesh's history is assured, owing specifically for the role he played as a young economist putting up the argument for Bengali autonomy in Pakistan in the 1960s. In 1971 he travelled throughout the globe soliciting support for the national movement for freedom. And since the emergence of Bangladesh, he has been a foremost thinker and maker of policy. This work gives us a hint of the way his mind works.
Confessions of an Indian Woman Eater,
Sasti Brata
Penguin Books
Really an old book, dating back to the early 1970s. It keeps you engrossed in the story it relates. There are all the scenes of elemental passion, of the charming animal instincts of a man who cannot do without women. Indeed, it is the libido which comes alive here. This happens to be one book you can read at one go, for it causes your own fantasies to come alive.