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Khwabnama: The Bangladeshi Epic
A few months ago, during the height of the pandemic, my teacher and mentor who is now a UGC professor called me up one morning to convey to me that he has finally finished reading Akhtaruzzaman Elias novel
Khwabnama. His voice exuded both excitement and elation. What he told me afterwards is even more fascinating. He said that Elias last novel is among the finest he has ever read and should be ranked among the twentieth-century s very best. It took me some time to process what I heard. It was not like I was surprised. I had long held the view that