The Bones of Grace

A tale of conflicted love . . . A superbly written, deeply moving modern love story * * Independent * *
One of the most impressive novelists of her generation * * The Times * *
Anam's prose is glowing and graceful * * Guardian * *
Exquisite ***** * * Daily Telegraph * *
Breathtaking . . . Zubaida's journey of self-discovery [has] a real sense of scale * * Sunday Herald * *
The Bones of Grace has at its heart not war but the shattering effects of conflicted love . . . Zubaida's choice between love and duty is reminiscent of Anna Karenina * * Financial Times * *
A novel of heart, brain, and muscle - the competing pulls of history and love are evoked here with a rare honesty, and great skill -- KAMILA SHAMSIE
Restrained and powerful * * Observer * *
Seemingly disparate stories slowly coming together one by one, until the moment a last piece clicks sweetly into place to give us the revelation of a perfect, satisfying whole * * Spectator * *
Expansive yet intimate, weighty yet incisively funny, The Bones of Grace is a powerful examination of what it means to live in a world of collapsing boundaries and conflicting values. Few people write about identity and culture with such elegance and intelligence as Tahmima Anam -- TASH AW, author of Five Star Billionaire
Absolutely beautiful -- GEORGE ALAGAIA
Fierce and intimate, lyrical and expansive. Tahmima Anam is a mesmerizer -- YIYUN LI