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'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 brilliant evocation of sensuality' Daily Telegraph
'A novel that will last' Guardian
'Highly evolved and accomplished' Observer
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"'Ali has an impressive command of her story, but her real gift is in the richness of the lives she has created, populating Nazneen's London with a very entertaining cast of comic characters'" (The Times)
"'I was totally gripped by Brick Lane. A brilliant evocation of sensuality which might occur anywhere'" (Daily Telegraph)
"'Written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime'" (The Sunday Times)
"'Comedy and poignancy abound...Brick Lane is a wonderful debut'" (Sunday Telegraph)
"'Brick Lane has everything: richly complex characters, a gripping story and it's funny too'" (Observer)
The literary debut of a huge storytelling talent
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