# Brick Lane

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- Book: [Brick Lane](https://www.bookquiver.com/monica-ali/brick-lane) ([Brick Lane.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/monica-ali/brick-lane.md))
- Authors: [Monica Ali](https://www.bookquiver.com/monica-ali)
- Publisher: Transworld Digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0704-086-8
- Published: 2008-12-26
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

***As dramatised on BBC Radio Four*** SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE THE SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A RICHARD AND JUDY PICK 'Written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime' SUNDAY TIMES Still in her teenage years, Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage with a disappointed older man. Away from her Bangladeshi village, home is now a cramped flat in a high-rise block in London's East End. Nazneen knows not a word of English, and is forced to depend on her husband. Confined in her tiny flat, Nazneen sews furiously for a living, shut away with her buttons and linings - until the radical Karim steps unexpectedly into her life. On a background of racial conflict and tension, they embark on a love affair that forces Nazneen finally to take control of her fate. A GRANTA BEST OF BRITISH YOUNG NOVELIST SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 'A brilliant evocation of sensuality' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A novel that will last' GUARDIAN ' Highly evolved and accomplished' OBSERVER Reader's love for BRICK LANE: ' Memorable and gripping' ***** 'The kind of book that changes your perception of the world' ***** 'This has become a classic and i can see why'***** 'Funny, sharp and very touching' *****