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“It’s a masterpiece and hugely read. If you go to any house in Bangladesh or West Bengal you will find a copy of this collection of stories. In it you will discover everything about the lives of Bengali families. It would be very unfair of me to single out one or two stories because it will undermine the others – the collection is so good.” Read more...
Syed Ashfaqul Haque, Journalist
“Both Germinal and A Tale of Two Cities made an impression on me. They are about the lives of poor people and the kind of life they lead in poverty. In Bangladesh it’s all about poverty, the extreme poverty you see around you and you want to do something about it. These books talk about poverty in Europe. Local literature is more influential for me than European literature – Rabindranath Tagore stories, for example, about poor families and their struggle with their life.” Read more...
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Muhammad Yunus, Economist
