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Beautifully and simply written ... the characters emerge in all their humanity, frailty and humour. Gardner's approach is refreshingly honest ... [she] neither patronizes nor glamourizes the people of Talukpar but rpays their trust by conveying their lives and experiences with dignity and respect. Songs At The River's Edge is a jewel of a book and the memory of it will stay long in the reader's mind (New Internationalist )
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'Beautifully and simply written ... the characters emerge in all their humanity, frailty and humour. Gardner's approach is refreshingly honest ... [she] neither patronizes nor glamourizes the people of Talukpar but repays their trust by conveying their lives and experiences with dignity and respect. Songs At The River's Edge is a jewel of a book and the memory of it will stay long in the reader's mind.' New Internationalist
'In reading [it], you experience a profound sense of entering another community and seeing it from the inside. Gardner’s evocative description[s] and her ability to convey the emotional intensity of its people make this a memorable book.' Literary Review
Katy Gardner’s account of her fifteen-month stay in the small Bangladeshi village of Talukpur has become a classic study of rural life in South Asia. Through a series of beautifully crafted narratives, the villagers and their stories are brought vividly to life and the author’s role as an outsider sensitively conveyed in her descriptions of the warm friendships she makes. Above all Songs at the River's Edge is written from a deep respect of Bangladesh and its country.
'In reading [it], you experience a profound sense of entering another community and seeing it from the inside. Gardner’s evocative description[s] and her ability to convey the emotional intensity of its people make this a memorable book.' Literary Review
Katy Gardner’s account of her fifteen-month stay in the small Bangladeshi village of Talukpur has become a classic study of rural life in South Asia. Through a series of beautifully crafted narratives, the villagers and their stories are brought vividly to life and the author’s role as an outsider sensitively conveyed in her descriptions of the warm friendships she makes. Above all Songs at the River's Edge is written from a deep respect of Bangladesh and its country.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This is the best book I've read this year. I took it out to Bangladesh with me when I went out for two months work in the rural south-east of the country, and spent the whole time immersed in what the people I saw were actually thinking about, what their lives were like, what their problems were...in a way that I couldn't have appreciated without the book. It is a fascinating, penetrating, revealing account of rural life in the country and is a must for any visitor, just as much as the Lonely Planet guide: it tells you about people, real life, real issues. It's difficult to put down and thoroughly engrossing - I can't recommend it enough. It's amazingly accurate, having been to the places Katy Gardner describes, and having met similar people. Classic travel reading.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Katy Gardner spent enough time with a family in Bangladesh to give us an account of life in a village that is fascinating, colourful and empathetic. She wears her anthropological training lightly and conveys the rhythms and reasons of the lives of her hosts so well. Makes tourism seem very thin and pale!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Well worth the money!
26 Jan 2003
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Katy Gardner has done a wonderful job in packaging her research as a secular anthropologist into a format that is both entertaining to read and intensely informative. While living with a Muslim family in Bangladesh she gained valuable insights that should be read by any outsider who is serious about understanding Bangladeshi village culture.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Description of Life in a Bengali, Islamic Village
28 Feb 2011
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I thoroughly agree with the one customer 5 star review so far and also with the 'official' editorial review; and I have little to add. This is an important book for understanding how Bangladeshi women live within a village practicing Islam. It's really quite sad that this wonderful book isn't more broadly available, as its lessons are quite current and can be applied beyond Bangladesh.
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