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Rahyan, a young Bengali engineer from Bangladesh goes to Berlin to study computer science. He finds himself in a motley group of his countrymen, students and asylum seekers. They are organised in an association called the Golden Boys Association. Rayhan meets Saad, an eclectic philosopher who becomes a victim of collective ignorance. He also falls for Renata, whose love gives him the courage to fight against parental domination and bigotry. He goes to stay with Uncle Kabir, an asylum seeker, who becomes President of the Association in order to make it better and popular. The president succeeds little in his effort and in the end fails to accomplish what he had promised to do.
The drama is played out through parties and picnics, love affairs and fisticuffs and reaches its climax when the German court bans, just before the celebration of the Independence Day of Bangladesh, all the activities of the Association till the court reaches a verdict. The novel mirrors not only a microcosm of a society portrayed through the Association, but also a social history of divided Berlin in the early eighties, told with irony, wit, and humour.
ISBN -9788125037361
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Pages : 232
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