The Search

by Shaheen Akhtar

Book Overview

Twenty-five long years after the war that was supposed to liberate Bangladesh--and that instead, for far too many people, merely brought fear, violence, and loss--a young researcher arrives on the doorstep of one survivor in Dhaka, Mariam, armed with a set of questions that have no easy answers. How did Mariam and women like her--who lived through violence and rape--survive the war? How did the Pakistani army deal with women they found in homes, offices,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9385932292
• ISBN13: 9789385932298
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Zubaan Books
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"