Brick Lane (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743243315)

"A book you won't be able to put down. A Bangladeshi immigrant in London is torn between the kind, tedious older husband with whom she has an arranged marriage (and children) and the fiery political activist she lusts after. A novel that's multi-continental, richly detailed and elegantly crafted." --Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Sisterland

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 na?e 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 marvelous and the terrifying spiral together.

Author: Monica Ali
ISBN-10: 0743243315
ISBN-13: 9780743243315
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Language: English
Published: 06/02/2004
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.32w x 0.96d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 06/13/2004 pg. 28
Entertainment Weekly 08/12/2011 pg. 76