Alentejo Blue by Ali

Alentejo Blue (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743293044)

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Alentejo Blue by Ali

Alentejo Blue

$15.99
Alentejo Blue by Ali

Alentejo Blue

$15.99
Format: Paperback
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Following her National Book Critics Circle and Los Angeles Times Book Award-nominated, bestselling debut, Brick Lane, Monica Ali's splendid Alentejo Blue "rewards readers with characters who etch themselves into one's memory" (People).

Set in a small Portuguese village, Alentejo Blue is a story of displacement and modernization told through the lives of the locals and of people who are just passing through. The residents of Mamarrosa whose ancestors occupy the graveyards are restless and struggle to make a living. They watch as tourists and expats move in.

Monica Ali's characters are profoundly sympathetic. Her understanding of their dreams, desires, and disappointments is rare and moving. Alentejo Blue is evidence that Monica Ali is one of the most gifted voices of her generation.

Author: Ali
ISBN-10: 0743293045
ISBN-13: 9780743293044
Publisher: Scrb - Scribner MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 04/04/2016
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 7.98h x 6.64w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 07/08/2007 pg. 24
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Monica Ali was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and grew up in England. She was named one of the 20 best young British novelists under 40 by Granta. She is the author of four previous novels, including Untold Story and Brick Lane, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Guardian Book Prize, nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was named a winner of the 2003 Discover Award for Fiction and a New York Times Editors' Choice Book that same year. She lives in London with her husband and two children.

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