Tahmima Anam is the author of the Bengal trilogy: 'A Golden Age', 'The Good Muslim' and 'The Bones of Grace'. She is the recipient of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book and the O Henry Award. 'Garments' was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. She was named one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Born in Dhaka, she trained as an anthropologist at Harvard University and now lives in London. In this conversation, she discusses her novel, 'Uprising'. Excerpts:
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Q: What is 'Uprising' about?
A: The novel is set on an island of sex workers in Bangladesh, and the novel is essentially told from the perspective of their children. It's a novel about a revolution and about how these women overcome the circumstances of their birth. It also casts a light on a part of the world that we would otherwise possibly never see...
