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Excellent Swedish novel by Helena Thorfinn on conditions in Bangladesh
January 21, 2021 - 18:57
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Innan floden tar oss is her debut novel, and still an unusually mature and well-written book, as sharp in its depiction of contemporary customs as in the analysis of a failure of development policies. It is a novel vibrant with colour and teeming with life. With immediacy and humour Thorfinn describes the Swedes’ attempts to do good while being politically correct, and she movingly narrates the dreams and misfortunes of the Bangla girls. A sweeping, powerful and exciting portrayal touching on the urgent, difficult issues as well as the everyday ones.
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Excellent Swedish novel by Helena Thorfinn on conditions in Bangladesh