by Monica Ali · Simon & Schuster · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780743260664
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«Brick Lane» is the contemporary fiction novel by Monica Ali, published by Simon & Schuster in paperback (560 pages, in English).
The novel follows Nazneen, a young woman from Bangladesh who arrives in London after an arranged marriage to a much older man. Between domestic life, motherhood, and bewilderment at an unfamiliar city, her relationship with a young radical awakens a passion that leads her to question the role destiny has assigned her.
Originally published in 2003, the novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award.
A read for lovers of literary fiction and for book clubs interested in the migrant experience and the search for identity.
Monica Ali is a British writer of Bangladeshi and English descent. In 2003, she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by Granta based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut novel, Brick Lane, was published later that year. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It was adapted as a 2007 film of the same name. She has also published four other novels. Her fifth novel, Love Marriage, was published by Virago Press in February 2022 and became an instant Sunday Times bestseller.
