Memorial Club
Hasan is a young journalist in Dhaka, disillusioned about his job, dissatisfied with his pregnant wife, and yearning for his independent-minded colleague, Bilu. One fateful night, he stumbles into a hapless, embarrassing situation that turns his life upside down. At the mercy of an unforgiving society for a crime he did not commit, Hasan is haunted anew by memories of other victims of injustice he has known. Meanwhile, Bilu struggles too against insidious forms of patriarchal expectations and control that hold her back from expressing her full self.
Memorial Club immerses us in the worlds of Hasan and Bilu as they navigate class frictions, gender discrimination, and sexual assault, creating a vivid, complex portrait of Bangladeshi society. The novel carries us from the crowded streets of the capital city of Dhaka to the luminous mustard fields of Hasan's childhood village. This life-changing journey invokes the lessons of the Mahabharata and the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore. Written by one of Bangladesh’s most reputed writers, Memorial Club is an intoxicating meditation on desire, dreams, and the limits of justice.
Hasan is a young journalist in Dhaka, disillusioned about his job, dissatisfied with his pregnant wife, and yearning for his independent-minded colleague, Bilu. One fateful night, he stumbles into a hapless, embarrassing situation that turns his life upside down. At the mercy of an unforgiving society for a crime he did not commit, Hasan is haunted anew by memories of other victims of injustice he has known. Meanwhile, Bilu struggles too against insidious forms of patriarchal expectations and control that hold her back from expressing her full self. Memorial Club immerses us in the worlds of Hasan and Bilu as they navigate class frictions, gender discrimination, and sexual assault, creating a vivid, complex portrait of Bangladeshi society. The novel carries us from the crowded streets of the capital city of Dhaka to the luminous mustard fields of Hasan's childhood village. This life-changing journey invokes the lessons of the Mahabharata and the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore. Written by one of Bangladesh’s most reputed writers, Memorial Club is an intoxicating meditation on desire, dreams, and the limits of justice.
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ISBN |
9781958652169 |
Language |
English (US) |
Country |
United States |
Format |
Paperback |
Pages |
138 |