Brick lane: A novel
by Ali, Monica
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 foll of myteries. How can she cross teh road without being hit by a car (an operation akin to dodging raindrops in the monsoon)? What is the secret of her bullyiing neighbor Mrs. Islam? What is a Hell's Angel? And how must she comfort the naive and disillusioned Chanu? As a good Muslim girl, Nazneen struggles to not…
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- Full title :Brick lane : A novel / Monica Ali.
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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 foll of myteries. How can she cross teh road without being hit by a car (an operation akin to dodging raindrops in the monsoon)? What is the secret of her bullyiing neighbor Mrs. Islam? What is a Hell's Angel? And how must she comfort the naive 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.
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- Publication Date:2004
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Touchstone Book
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:ger
- Publication Date:2004
The Physical Object
- Description:415 Seiten
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0743243315, 9780743243315
- oclc:on1020611589
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