Product Details
Scribner, August 2003
eBook, 384 pages
ISBN-10: 0743249712
ISBN-13: 9780743249713
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After an arranged marriage to Chanu, a man twenty years older, Nazneen is taken to London, leaving her home and heart in the Bangladeshi village where she was born. Her new world is full of mysteries. How can she cross the road without being hit by a car (an operation akin to dodging raindrops in the monsoon)? What is the secret of her bullying neighbor Mrs. Islam? What is a Hell's Angel? And how must she comfort the naïve and disillusioned Chanu?
As a good Muslim girl, Nazneen struggles to not question why things happen. She submits, as she must, to Fate and devotes herself to her husband and daughters. Yet to her amazement, she begins an affair with a handsome young radical, and her erotic awakening throws her old certainties into chaos.
Monica Ali's splendid novel is about journeys both external and internal, where the marvellous and the terrifying spiral together.
Los Angeles TimesAt once sophisticated and innocent, compassionateand entertaining.
Anne TylerI was bowled over by Monica Ali's Brick Lane.
The New RepublicSplendid....Daring....Brilliant....Refreshing....Brick Lane is a great achievement of the subtlest storytelling.
The Boston GlobeBrick Lane is as crisp and urgent as a headline....But the true pleasure of this wonderful novel comes from its timeless sense of wonder and affection for the haplessness of human nature.
Chicago Star TribuneBeautiful and intensely readable.
London Evening Standard, October 12, 2009
...the second generation is astonishingly prolific, especially on the subject of London: among them Zadie Smith (White Teeth); Monica Ali (Brick Lane); Hanif Kureshi (The Buddha of Suburbia); Gautam Malkani (Londonstani); Andrea Levy (Small ...
New Zealand Herald, September 27, 2009
...It wasn't until Monica Ali had her first child she felt confident enough to attempt a novel. "I thought if I could be creative in one way, perhaps I could be creative in another ...
The Independent, April 30, 2009
...Just over half way through Monica Ali's third novel, Gabriel Lightfoot, executive chef of the fictional Imperial Hotel on London's Piccadilly, has his first funny turn and the book starts to take off. Up ...
The Times, April 24, 2009
...Since the high-profile publication of Monica Ali's critically acclaimed and bestselling Brick Lane in 2003, much has been made of her contribution to the restoration of the good old traditional novel. At a time when ...
Welwyn and Hatfield Times, April 24, 2009
...Monica Ali was nominated for the Booker prize for Brick Lane. Picture: John Fol BESTSELLING novelist Monica Ali will be launching her new book in WGC on Tuesday. Monica, who is ...
Welwyn and Hatfield Times, April 24, 2009
...Monica Ali was nominated for the Booker prize for Brick Lane. Picture: John Fol BESTSELLING novelist Monica Ali will be launching her new book in WGC on Tuesday. Monica, who is ...
Herts 24, April 24, 2009
...Monica Ali was nominated for the Booker prize for Brick Lane. Picture: John Fol BESTSELLING novelist Monica Ali will be launching her new book in WGC on Tuesday. Monica, who is ...
Yorkshire Post, April 10, 2009
...New fiction In the Kitchen Monica AliDoubleday £17.99 Kate Whiting **** The follow-up to Monica Ali's hugely successful debut Brick Lane was always going to be a tough one. Would she be able to repeat the success of the novel that also ...
Huddersfield Daily Examiner, April 10, 2009
... by Chris Burgess, Huddersfield Daily Examiner In the Kitchen. Monica Ali/ Doubleday. £17.99. THE follow-up to Monica Ali?s hugely successful debut Brick Lane, was always going to be a tough one. Would she be able to repeat the success of ...
The List, April 2, 2009
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UCLA International Institue, March 22, 2009
...Smitha Radhakrishnan contemplates the controversy surrounding Brick Lane's representation of the Bangladeshi community in London. Download Podcast Duration: 7:23 ------ Desi Dilemmas Connecting Personal Issues to the Big Picture Smitha ...
Sunday Times South Africa, February 7, 2009
...They are more concerned with appeasing cultural sensitivities than in defending free speech. According to Bangladesh-born, Bolton-bred novelist Monica Ali, we have developed a marketplace of outrage. And if you set up a marketplace of ...
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...No Nation (2005), Nathaniel Fick for One Bullet Away (2005), Alison Smith for Name All the Animals (2004), Monica Ali for Brick Lane (2003), Manil Suri for The Death of Vishnu (2001), and Tracy Chevalier for Girl with a Pearl Earring (2000). ...
Business Wire, February 3, 2009
...No Nation (2005), Nathaniel Fick for One Bullet Away (2005), Alison Smith for Name All the Animals (2004), Monica Ali for Brick Lane (2003), Manil Suri for The Death of Vishnu (2001), and Tracy Chevalier for Girl with a Pearl Earring (2000). ...
Monica Ali's Books
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In the KitchenBooker Prize-shortlisted author Monica Ali's "mesmerizing" (Entertainment Weekly) novel brings readers into the vivid world of a London restaurant.Read More
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Alentejo BlueFollowing her National Book Critics Circle and Los Angeles Times Book Award-nominated, bestselling debut, Brick Lane, Monica Ali's splendid Alentejo...Read More
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