The Storm: A Novel

SPECIFICATION: Publisher : Aleph Book Company By : Arif  Anwar Cover : Paperback Language : English Edition : 2018 Pages : 360 pages Weight : 410 g Size : 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm ISBN-10 : 9387561348 ISBN-13 : 978-9387561342 DESCRIPTION:  Inspired by the 1970 Bhola cyclone, in which half a million people perished overnight, The Storm seamlessly interweaves five love stories that, together, chronicle sixty years of Bangladeshi history. ~ Shahryar, a recent PhD graduate and the father of nine-year-old Anna, must leave the US when his visa expires. In their last remaining weeks together, we learn his story, beginning in a village on the Bay of Bengal, where a poor fisherman and his wife are preparing to face a storm of historic proportions. Their story intersects with those of a Japanese fighter pilot, a British female doctor stationed in Burma during World War II and a privileged couple in Calcutta who leave everything behind to move to East Pakistan following the Partition of I