Helena Thorfinn's debut novel 'Innan floden tar oss' takes us to Dhaka, Bangladesh. Here we follow two completely different stories, which in the end become intertwined.
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ShareA Swedish family - and two Bangladeshi sisters
In one story, we meet the Swedish Paulin family, who are trying to find their way around aid policy, glitter balls and children's parties with hired clowns. In the second story, we follow poor teenage sisters Mina and Nazrin, who flee to Dhaka from their home village to avoid being married off and becoming slaves to men forty years their senior.
Two interesting tracks
Both tracks are interesting, and pose a number of moral questions to the reader. At the same time, it is a little difficult to get involved in the Paulins' relationship problems. You always wonder what will happen to Mina and Nazrin! Anyway, a book well worth reading. Partly because it is an exciting story and partly because Thorfinn highlights the complexity of aid issues in a nuanced way.
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Ditte says:
Thanks for the tips! I'll go shopping tomorrow... This type of book appeals to me, just to see differences without putting too much value on it. But there will be some, life as a Swedish expatriate family and a domestic family often looks different. I know from experience .....
15 January 2013 - 0:31
Emmy in Melbourne says:
Sounds like an exciting book! I was in Banladesh a few years ago and was both fascinated and appalled by what I encountered... Thanks for the book tip!
17 January 2013 - 8:21