Two men at a ship-breaking yard in Chittagong in Bangladesh. A crucial section of Tahmima Anam’s brilliant new novel is set in such a place. Photo: AFPTwo men at a ship-breaking yard in Chittagong in Bangladesh. A crucial section of Tahmima Anam’s brilliant new novel is set in such a place. Photo: AFP
Two men at a ship-breaking yard in Chittagong in Bangladesh. A crucial section of Tahmima Anam’s brilliant new novel is set in such a place. Photo: AFP
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Book review: The Bones of Grace – uneven beauty, heart-wrenching sadness and rare power

Tahmima Anam concludes her Bengal trilogy with a novel that, in recounting the story of a love across continents and ethnic lines, subtly addresses the deepest concerns of our age

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Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Two men at a ship-breaking yard in Chittagong in Bangladesh. A crucial section of Tahmima Anam’s brilliant new novel is set in such a place. Photo: AFPTwo men at a ship-breaking yard in Chittagong in Bangladesh. A crucial section of Tahmima Anam’s brilliant new novel is set in such a place. Photo: AFP
Two men at a ship-breaking yard in Chittagong in Bangladesh. A crucial section of Tahmima Anam’s brilliant new novel is set in such a place. Photo: AFP
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