- Hardcover: 260 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (1 Sep 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0253341213
- ISBN-13: 978-0253341211
- Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 1.6 x 0.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #42 in Books > History > Countries & Regions > Asia > South Asia > Bangladesh
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"Bangladesh: Reflections on the Water" is a personal and penetrating overview of the land and its people. James J. Novak examines the economy, the importance of seasonal fluctuations in the lifestyle and psychology of the people, geography, history, music, art, poetry, ways of thinking, and political life. He also offers a novel interpretation of the Bangladesh independence movement, the only full-fledged expression of nationalism to appear in the country's modern history. This nationalism, expressed in poetry, prose, and song, is used to illustrate the interaction between religion and secular thought, language and culture, cultural expression, poetry, and art and its transformation into political thought. The contents include: Preface; The Scene; The Seasons; Pride and Poverty; Aspects of the Bangladeshi Mind; I am the Cyclone, I am Destruction; Further Tales of Murder and Politics; Bangladesh and The United States; Will Bangladesh Survive? Investing and Visiting; Bibliographical Essay; and Index.
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Format:Hardcover
Novak does an excellent job writing this description of Bangladesh. Not only does it cover history and what its like, it includes how these things influence the people of Bangladesh. I enjoyed this book because I felt it gave a fairly accurate representation of Bangladesh.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Novak writes how a Bangali feels about Bangla desh
29 Aug 2001
Format:Hardcover
As a Bangladeshi-American, I am disturbed at the number of publications potraying her as destitude, poor and disaster prone. Novak tries to disprove this 'theory of Bangla desh' and shows Bangladesh in the reality, like any Bangladeshi would. Reading the book at times felt like a Bangladeshi has written it. Novak's description of water, seasons and women of Bangladesh are true to the bone and I wish more people in the American media would have read this book before writing their presentations on Bangladesh. I recommend this book for anyone who wishes to know more about Bangladesh or for anyone visiting Bangladesh and for all Bangla deshis outside of Bangla desh.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Excellent representation of Bangladesh and its people.
25 Mar 1999
Format:Hardcover
Novak does an excellent job writing this description of Bangladesh. Not only does it cover history and what its like, it includes how these things influence the people of Bangladesh. I enjoyed this book because I felt it gave a fairly accurate representation of Bangladesh.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Best book I have read on Bangladesh
31 July 2001
Format:Hardcover
This is absolutely the best book to read about BanglaDesh. I loved the way Novak describes the seasons and connection to the Bangladeshi people. I have visited Bangladesh a few months back and I am glad I read this book before. But I do wish there was a newer edition as this version was written a few years back.
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