More about the book
<b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE</b> <b>'Written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime'</b> <b> <i>Sunday Times</i> </b> 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. <b>'A brilliant evocation of sensuality' <i>Daily Telegraph</i></b> <b>'A novel that will last' <i>Guardian</i></b> <b><i>'</i>Highly evolved and accomplished' <i>Observer</i></b>
Book purchase
Brick Lane, Monica Ali
- Language
- Released
- 2003
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Damaged
- Price
- €1.07
Payment methods
No one has rated yet.
- 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, British Literature, Feminism, Literary Fiction, Asia, London, India, 21st Century, Asian Fiction, Booker Prize, Bangladesh
- Description
- <b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE</b> <b>'Written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime'</b> <b> <i>Sunday Times</i> </b> 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. <b>'A brilliant evocation of sensuality' <i>Daily Telegraph</i></b> <b>'A novel that will last' <i>Guardian</i></b> <b><i>'</i>Highly evolved and accomplished' <i>Observer</i></b>