by Monica Ali · Droemer Knaur · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783426629376
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«Brick Lane» is the novel by Monica Ali published by Droemer Knaur in paperback (543 pages, in German).
Nazneen grows up in poverty in Bangladesh and, after an arranged marriage, settles in London, in the Brick Lane area, without knowing the language. In her new life she must learn to navigate between submission to her husband, motherhood and longing for her homeland, while gradually discovering her own voice and the meaning of freedom.
The work was originally published in 2003 and was nominated for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize; this German edition is from 2005.
For readers of literary fiction and book clubs interested in stories about migration, identity and family life.
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 In 2003, she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by Granta based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut novel, Brick Lane, was published later that year.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.
