The Back of the Book

The International Bestseller

'They joy of this book is its marriage of a wonderful writer with a fresh, rich and hidden world. Her achievement is huge. This is a book written with love and compassion.' Evening Standard

At the tender age of eighteen, Nazneen's life is turned upside down. After an arranged marriage to a man twenty years her elder she exchanges her Bangladeshi village for a block of flats in London's East End. In this new world, where poor people can be fat and even dogs go on diets, she struggles to make sense of her existence - and to do her duty to her husband. A man of inflated ideas (and stomach), he sorely tests her compliance.

But Nazneen submits, as she must, to Fate and devotes her life to raising her family and slapping down her demons of discontent. Until she becomes aware of a young radical, Karim.

Against a background of escalating racial and gang conflict, they embark on an affair that finally forces Nazneen to take control of her life ...

'The kind of novel that surprises one with its depth and dash; it is a novel that will last' Guardian

'I was totally gripped by Brick Lane. A brilliant evocation of sensuality which might occur anywhere' Daily Telegraph

'A wonderful first novel. Ali's writing is stunning, almost poetic at times, and she has a beautifully inventive turn of phrase' Mail on Sunday

Shortlisted for The Guardian First Book Award 2003

Granta Best of Young British Novelists 2003

Offered as BookRing

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I received this bookring book today!!! I have 3 books ahead of it, but I promise to read like a crazy person!

This is a fantastic book. It shows the life of a woman that society often ignores. Thanks for sharing it, I will be sending it back to you shortly!

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Picked up at OBCZ -CWH. Looks interesting. Added to Mt TBR!!!!

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