Bangladesh Reflections on the Water [Hardcover]

This is a love story based on the authors ongoing affair with an exotic land.... [Novak] captures the readers attention, admiration and sympathy and then describes straightforwardly the external and internal elements of thinking and policy that are detrimental to the countrys survival. Foreign Service Journal

... personal and well-informed analysis... Another fine addition to the Essential Asia Series. Asiaweek

This rich meditation on the land and people but especially the waters of Bangladesh is a masterpiece of journalism. The Readers Review

... beautiful, even lyrical account... Orbis

As an introduction to Bangladesh this book is invaluable... Current History

A positive and hopeful presentation of Bangladesh by a writer who loves the country while recognizing its many faults. It is both a scholars and an insiders view of Bangladesh, its history, geography, politics, and culture.

JAMES J. (JEREMIAH) NOVAK, a writer, has lived and traveled in Asia for thirty years. He was Resident Representative of The Asia Foundation in Bangladesh from 1982 to 1985 and has been a columnist and reporter for numerous newspapers and magazines.

Foreword by David I. Steinberg
Preface

1. The Scene
2. The Seasons
3. Pride and Poverty
4. Aspects of the Bangladeshi Mind
5. I Am the Cyclone; I Am Destruction
6. Further Tales of Murder and Politics
7. Bangladesh and the United States
8. Will Bangladesh Survive?

Investing and Visiting
Bibliographical Essay
Index