Bangladeshi Novels in English

Introduction: Migration, Myths, and Literature

Part I: Women's Perspectives



Women as Bangles, Bangles as Women: Traditions, Traps, and Transformations in Nashid Kamal's The Glass Bangles
Housewifery, Triple Entrapments, and Slow Transformation in Monica Ali's Brick Lane
A Wasp, a Whale, and a Ship: Women, Nation, and Nomadism in Tahmima Anam's The Bones of Grace
"I Am So Afraid and It Hurts So Much": Transient Migration, Women, Romance, and Politics in Farhana H. Rahman's The Eye of the Heart

Part II: Men's Perspectives



Migration, Race, and Traumatic Transculturation in Burrow by Manzu Islam
"Bridges are Fragile things": Bonds, Bridges, and Eerie Evolution in Zia Haider Rahman's In the Light of What We Know
Stories of Emotional Bedouins in Adib Khan's Seasonal Adjustments and Spiral Road

Part III: Children's Perspectives



When Born Across: Cultural Sustainability, Intergenerational Collisions and Child Agency in Adib Khan's Seasonal Adjustments and Monica Ali's Brick Lane

Conclusion: Bangladeshi Novels in English: Cultural Contact and Migrant Subjectivity

Index