![]() I think the only time you notice research is when the illusion of the past gets broken, and I’m trying to avoid that.” ( Bookslut, July 2011) I want the research to be in there, to be accurate, but not felt in a palpable way. And then I try and forget the research, so the reader doesn’t ever feel like I’ve just given a history lesson. ![]() I ask people the little details, about what they wore, what brand of cigarettes they smoked, what music they listened to, maybe the car they drove. “I did lots of research for my first book which carried over to the second”, Anam has stated, “I prefer to ask people who were there about their experiences I don’t like to use books, unless they’re memoirs or testimonials. ![]() The research for both her books comes partly from interviews she conducted with family members and Bangladeshis who experienced the conflict. ![]() Her chosen mission in her two acclaimed novels to date has therefore been to present the story of her parents’ generation for a new audience. Trained at Harvard as a professional anthropologist, Tahmima Anam’s historical novels about Bangladesh are works of intensive research and inspired ventriloquism.īorn in 1975 into the Bangladesh cultural elite and educated internationally, Anam is too young to have experienced her homeland’s drive for independence and war with Pakistan in 1971. ![]()
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