{"product_id":"the-ballad-of-ayesha","title":"The Ballad of Ayesha","description":"\u003cp\u003eDhaka. 2 October 1977. A military coup isand thwarted, but the exact sequence of events isand shrouded in mystery. Soon after, Ayesha Begum,and recovering from the birth of her second child, receivesand a letter from the air force stating that her husband Joynal Abedin has beenand sentenced to death, convicted of insurgency. But has the verdict been carried out?and If it was, when and where was he executed? If he was indeed hanged, what hasand happened to his body? Trying to find answers to these questions, Ayesha embarksand on a long and arduous quest to search for her husband, reminiscent of Behula'sand epic journey in her effort to resurrect her dead husband Lakhinder in the Bengaliand folktale Manashamangal. Set against the backdrop of a raging famine, politicaland assassinations and coups that took Bangladesh by storm right after itsand independence in 1971, Anisul Hoque's The Ballad of Ayesha is as much a story ofand the newly created nation as it is the story of its people.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anisul Hoque","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44242714787900,"sku":"9789352778959","price":1346.25,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/82353.jpg?v=1776797180","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ballad-of-ayesha","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}