by Monica Ali · Black Swan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552771153
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«Brick Lane» is the contemporary fiction novel by Monica Ali, published by Black Swan in paperback (512 pages, in English).
Nazneen, a young woman from Bangladesh, arrives in London after an arranged marriage and settles in an apartment in the East End. The novel portrays her adaptation to another culture, her marriage, her ties with her sister Hasina, and her encounter with Karim in a neighborhood with racial tensions. It explores identity, fate and personal autonomy.
Monica Ali's first novel. Finalist for the Man Booker Prize 2003 and the Guardian First Book Award. Set in the Bangladeshi community of Tower Hamlets, London.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction and book clubs interested in narratives about immigration, 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 In 2003, she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by Granta based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut novel, Brick Lane, was published later that year.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.
