Brick lane: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize - Brossura

Ali, Monica

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0552151599 ISBN 13: 9780552151597

Casa editrice: Transworld, 2003

Riassunto

'Focusing on a cross-section of the Bangladeshi community in Tower Hamlets, a community all but invisible to the rest of London, Ali's novel is warm, shrewd, startling, and hugely readable; the sort of book you race through greedily.' OBSERVER

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Recensione:

"'The new rising star of English fiction post Zadie Smith ... Highly recommended.'" (Marie Claire)

"'Monica Ali is a fabulous writer, and Brick Lane is finely observed, deeply compassionate, wry and tender.'" (Meera Syal)

"'A very special novel - I adored it. It gave me everything I crave in a novel ... You won't publish a better novel in 2003.'" (Margaret Forster)

"'A very special novel - I adored it. It gave me everything I crave in a novel - entertaining, moving and fascinating.'" (Margaret Forster)

"'Entertaining and full of insight ... talented, thoughtful and mature.'" (Hilary Mantel)

Descrizione del libro:

Debut literary novel set in Asian community in London's East End - the story of a village girl from Bangladesh and how she makes the urban village of Brick Lane her new home - by a stunning new talent.

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• Editore: Transworld
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0552151599
• ISBN 13: 9780552151597
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 496