When I first
hear Tahmima Anam's voice, her American accent startles me.
Her author bio says she was born in Dhaka, raised in Paris, Bangkok and New
York, and now lives in London. But her writing contains the sensibilities of
someone who has grown up in the milieu she so evocatively recreates. Tahmima
spent two years in Bangladesh, researching her first novel A Golden Age.
Published in 2007, it was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the
Costa First Novel
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