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<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>
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Sept Mers Et Treize Rivières, Monica Ali, Isabelle Maillet
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- Released
- 2006
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Sept Mers Et Treize Rivières
- Language
- French
- Authors
- Monica Ali, Isabelle Maillet
- Publisher
- 10 X 18
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 573
- ISBN10
- 2264041706
- ISBN13
- 9782264041708
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Family, Women, Contemporary Fiction, British Literature, Feminism, 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>