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The Storm
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Start date
February 1, 2024
Finish date
February 29, 2024
Why we're reading this
Our 2nd read for Bangladesh is the Storm by Arif Anwar. This novel does not take take place Bangladesh bu…more

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Elise
Mar 13, 2024 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
I read this book for my Read the World series for Bangladesh, although Anwar now lives in Canada so this book was not translated. It starts with a woman preparing for a storm because the villagers say a boatman in black which brought a bad omen, the story of who the boatman is does come but way later in the book. the story itself is told in three different times with multiple characters and it is up to the reader to piece them together.

It would have been a better read if I didn't have to work s
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