Tahmima's story wins praise in Indian daily
Bangladeshi-born acclaimed British writer Tahmima Anam's work published in the fourth edition of Granta's publication “Best of Young British Novelists” has earned encomium in a review in the leading Indian daily newspaper "Business Standard".
Tahmima's story “Anwar Gets Everything” is a story about a Bangladeshi labourer at a construction site in Dubai.
The reviewer Arundhuti Dasgupta writes in the "Business Standard", “When she (Tahmima) describes the conditions in which the young migrants work, their relationship with the contractor and the longing for a love left behind, it is almost as if the borders have melted. Dubai could be a town in India.”
“But her blunt style and vivid descriptions bring the desert alive. She pulls us into the sandstorm; she makes us flinch at the touch of hot metal rails and shudder at the thought of having to lie 'in a shed hot as an animal mouth'," the reviewer adds. “The extract whets the appetite and is sure to have many looking for other novels by her.”
Granta's book contains selected excerpts and stories of 20 young British novelists using subjects and reference points in different parts of the world including India, China, Africa and Thailand.
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