Brick Lane by Monica Ali (Hardcover, 2003)

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Set in Tower Hamlets, this contemporary novel of the life of an Asian immigrant girl draws you into a highly affecting world of love, fate and cultural conflict. It is the debut of a writer of huge talent. Still in her teenage years, Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage with a disappointed man who is twenty years older. Away from the mud and heat of 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. But unlike him she is practical and wise, and befriends a fellow Asian girl Razia, who helps her understand the strange ways of her adopted new British home. azneen keeps in touch with her sister Hasina back in the village. But the rebellious Hasina has kicked against cultural tradition and run off in a 'love marriage' with the man of her dreams. When he suddenly turns violent, she is forced into the degrading job of garment girl in a cloth factory. onfined in her flat by tradition and family duty, Nazneen also sews furiously for a living, shut away with her buttons and linings - until the radical Karim steps unexpectedly into her life. On a backgroun

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PublisherTransworld LTD
ISBN-139780385604840
eBay Product ID (ePID)89065130

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Publication Year2003
TopicBooks
Book TitleBrick Lane
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorMonica Ali
FormatHardcover

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Item Weight785 g

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMonica Ali

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  • Brick lane

    Bought the book for my sister as a present she hasn’t read it yet The book looks great very expensive looking so very pleased.

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    Not my kind of book. Too slow

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