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nuhafariha's review
4.0
Sometimes you read and wonder how many Bangladeshi women think about the same moments from 1971 as though the bloody memories was etched in our veins? The terror and rape of over 200,000 women by the Pakistani militia in one of the largest genocides of the 20th century paints Faizullah's work, as it does for many Bangladeshi authors. Her short, terse, tense pieces address the duality between her two worlds, America's oil fields and Bangladesh's rivers, the seam running between the country, the thread holding it and ultimately the author together.
milly1212's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.25
readwithshaazia's review
5.0
I learned something new about history today. Faizullah catalogues violence with such beautiful words, I can hardly wrap my mind around it. Will forever have an impression of the struggles the birangona suffered at the hands of Pakistani soldiers.
marianasierra's review
5.0
How often do you come across a poetry book that is flawless, cover to cover? Tarfia Faizullah has collected moving, jarring, beautiful and terrible all in one book.
babsduff's review
5.0
So smart and lyrical and self-reflexive: "It's when / she begins to write about it in third person, / as though it was that simple / to unnail myself from my own body."