Tell a friend about this book...
Friend's Email:
Subject: I have found a book that I think you would enjoy
Member $avings: $15,801,173.56
|
Books Available: 4,107,282
|
Members Online: 202
Your source for swapping books online - Read...Swap...Save!
How To Swap Books?
Sign Up
Search 
Kiosk
All Books
Book Browser
Advanced Search
Books Posted Today
Member Book Reviews
NYT Best Seller List
Newbery Medal Winners
Pulitzer Prize Winners
Most Traveled Copies
Club Wish List
Login
Community
Member Directory
Discussion Forums
Blog
Live Chat (1)
Box-O-Books
Book Journal
Maps
The Eclectic Pen
Fun Stuff
Top 50s
Pulse of PBS
Spread The Word
Photo Gallery
Recipes
Club Tag Cloud
Member Testimonials
Friends of PBS
Help Center
Kiosk
Need Help?
Search - Brick Lane
|
Brick Lane Author: |
|
|||
Book Information
|
|||||
Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged)
Book Description:
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 nave 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 marvellous and the terrifying spiral together.
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 marvellous and the terrifying spiral together.
Members who requested this book also requested:
Similar books to this author and title:
|  |  |  |  |
Genres:
Top Member Book Reviews
Marta J. (
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a superb book. You really feel deeply for the characters. I was glad that it was on the lenghty side as I didn't want it to end.
Sari Lynn G. (
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
The story centers around a Bangladeshi woman living in London in an arranged marriage, and her sister back home, who has married for love. An interesting contrast of the two lives, the choices that one makes and the other doesn't. Rich characterizations.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
The first half of this book was great but the second half really dragged.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Interesting story about a young Pakistani girl who moves to London after an arranged marriage with a much older man. I found the main character somewhat hard to connect with.
Suzanne C. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This a fascinating book about a young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneen, who is married to a much older Bangladeshi man, and how she adjusts to life with him in London. At first she is not permitted to do much, even leave the apartment, and at the same time receives letters from her sister in Dhaka who is facing limited options as a Muslim woman, too. Nazneed eventually empowers herself to navigate her neighborhood, learn English and take her own job, at the same time falls in love/lust with a young Muslim radical who wants to organize jihad in their community post 9/11.
I really enjoyed this book and I felt I really had a good sense of an immigrant woman's life, and all that it entails.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
A brilliant, spicy story of longing and obligation. Characters are thoroughly original, and at times quite funny!
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize (Britain's equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize in the USA), this novel is a poignant and right-on reflection of the difficulty of acclimating into a new society and culture. After an arranged marriage to Chanu, a man 20 years older, Nazneen is taken to London, after having left her home and heart in the Bangladeshi village where she was born.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
An intense look into the Muslin world of women and how they survive.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Slow going, but worthy reading. I enjoyed the cultural aspect of a Bengali Muslim immigrant in London.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
THis is a wonderful story of a woman who settles in London with her husband after an arranged marriage. The change from her home in Bangladesh makes this a fascinating clash of cultures, especially with regard to her daughters. A joy to read!
Read All Book Reviews of "Brick Lane"
Book Wiki
Common Title
Series
Original Publication Date (YYYY-MM-DD)
People/Characters
Real Places
Fictional Places
Important Events
Awards and Honors