Scenes from Early LifePhilip Hensher2012

"I was a baby during the war. We stayed inside for months. All my aunts took turns in feeding me. I couldn't be heard to cry. You see, there were soldiers in the streets. They would have known what a crying baby meant. So I had to be kept silent. No, not everyone came out of the war alive."
One family's life, and their nation -Bangladesh- are conjured through tales of sacrifice and bravery, in songs and jokeS. Narrated by a young boy born into a savage civil war, Scenes from Early Life is a heartbreaking, funny and gripping novel by one of our finest writers.

Titre original : Scenes from Early Life (2012)