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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 'Written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime' Sunday Times Still in her teenage years, Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage with a disappointed older man. Away from her Bangladeshi village, home is now a cramped flat in a high-rise block in London's East End. Nazneen knows not a word of English, and is forced to depend on her husband. Confined in her tiny flat, Nazneen sews furiously for a living, shut away with her buttons and linings - until the radical Karim steps unexpectedly into her life. On a background of racial conflict and tension, they embark on a love affair that forces Nazneen finally to take control of her fate. 'A brilliant evocation of sensuality' Daily Telegraph 'A novel that will last' Guardian ' Highly evolved and accomplished' Observer
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Brick Lane, Monica Ali
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- 2003
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- Title
- Brick Lane
- Language
- Dutch
- Authors
- Monica Ali
- Publisher
- Prometheus
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 9044602888
- ISBN13
- 9789044602883
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Family, Women, Contemporary Fiction, Relationships, British Literature, Gifts for women, Society, England, Great Britain, Marriage, London, India, Migration, Emancipation, Integration, Conflicts, Immigrants, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh
- First published
- 2003
- Original title
- Brick Lane
- Rating
- 3.45 out of 5
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- SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 'Written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime' Sunday Times Still in her teenage years, Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage with a disappointed older man. Away from her Bangladeshi village, home is now a cramped flat in a high-rise block in London's East End. Nazneen knows not a word of English, and is forced to depend on her husband. Confined in her tiny flat, Nazneen sews furiously for a living, shut away with her buttons and linings - until the radical Karim steps unexpectedly into her life. On a background of racial conflict and tension, they embark on a love affair that forces Nazneen finally to take control of her fate. 'A brilliant evocation of sensuality' Daily Telegraph 'A novel that will last' Guardian ' Highly evolved and accomplished' Observer