by Monica Ali · Belfond · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782714439536
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«Sept mers et treize rivières» is the contemporary fiction novel by Monica Ali, published by Belfond in paperback (459 pages, in French).
The novel follows Nazneen, born in 1967 in East Pakistan, who emigrates to London after an arranged marriage. Isolated in a country whose language she does not know, she discovers solidarity and friendship in the Brick Lane neighborhood, while trying to reconcile inherited traditions with her own desires.
The original work, «Brick Lane», was published in 2003; this French edition is a translation by Isabelle Maillet.
For readers of literary and contemporary fiction interested in stories of migration, cultural identity and life in the Bangladeshi diaspora in London.
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 In 2003, she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by Granta based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut novel, Brick Lane, was published later that year.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.
