# The Immigrant

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- Book: [The Immigrant](https://www.bookquiver.com/manju-kapur/the-immigrant) ([The Immigrant.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/manju-kapur/the-immigrant.md))
- Authors: [Manju Kapur](https://www.bookquiver.com/manju-kapur)
- Publisher: vintage_books
- ISBN: 978-81-8400-048-1
- Pages: 344
- Published: 2008-08-01
- Language: en_IN
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

Nina, at thirty, sees herself as increasingly off the shelf. But then unexpectedly, a proposal arrives. Ananda is a dentist in Halifax, Canada. The two marry and she leaves her home and her country to build a new life with him. But there is always more to marriage than courtship. And as Nina discovers truths about her husband – both sexual and emotional – her fragile new life in Canada begins to unravel. The Immigrant is another mesmerizing saga about the complexities of arranged marriage and NRI life from this most beloved of novelists