Maa (novel)

Maa (The title of English translation is Freedom's Mother)
The cover image of Maa (Bengali edition)
AuthorAnisul Hoque
Original titleমা
TranslatorFalguni Ray
LanguageBengali
GenreHistorical, War novel
PublisherSamay Prakashan, Dhaka; Palimpsest, New Delhi
Publication date
January 2004
Publication placeBangladesh
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages272
ISBN984-458-422-1
OCLC650373666

Maa (Bengali: মা, lit. Mother) is a novel by the Bangladeshi author Anisul Hoque.[1] An English translation, titled Freedom's Mother, was published by Palimpsest from New Delhi in 2012. The novel entered the Prothom Alo's list of the best ten creative books in Bengali of the 1st decade of the 21st century and the list of the best ten creative books in Bengali on the liberation war of Bangladesh.[2] The novel was published in Maithili too.

  1. ^ Nahid Khan (28 May 2011). "The tears and pride of a mother". The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ মুক্তিযুদ্ধের সৃজনশীল ১০ বইমুক্তিযুদ্ধের সরল আখ্যান. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 5 January 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.