000			02055nam a2200241 i 4500
003			MIUC
005			20200306101234.0
008			170606s2004 nyu 000 1 eng
020			_a0552771155
040			_aMIUC _beng _cMIUC
082	0		_a823
100	1		_93443 _aAli, Monica, _d1967-
245	1	4	_aBrick lane / _cMonica Ali.
260			_aNew York : _bBlack Swan, _c2004.
300			_a491 p. ; _c24 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
520			_a>Still in her teenage years, Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage with a disappointed man who is twenty years older. Away from the mud and heat of 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. But unlike him she is practical and wise, and befriends a fellow Asian girl Razia, who helps her understand the strange ways of her adopted new British home. Nazneen keeps in touch with her sister Hasina back in the village. But the rebellious Hasina has kicked against cultural tradition and run off in a 'love marriage' with the man of her dreams. When he suddenly turns violent, she is forced into the degrading job of garment girl in a cloth factory. Confined in her flat by tradition and family duty, Nazneen also 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. Strikingly imagined, gracious and funny, this novel is at once epic and intimate. Exploring the role of Fate in our lives - those who accept it; those who defy it - it traces the extraordinary transformation of an Asian girl, from cautious and shy to bold and dignified woman.
650		0	_93444 _aBangladeshis _zEngland _vFiction
650		0	_93445 _aWomen immigrants _vFiction
651		0	_9765 _aLondon (England) _vFiction
651		0	_93446 _aBangladesh _vFiction
942			_2ddc _cBK