false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171741887m/117664.jpg 18723 30 Wildly embraced by critics, readers, and contest judges (who put it on the short-list for the 2003 Man Booker Prize), <I>Brick Lane</I> is indeed a rare find: a book that lives up to its hype. Monica Ali's debut novel chronicles the life of Nazneen, a Bangladeshi girl so sickly at birth that the midwife at first declares her stillborn. At 18 her parents arrange a marriage to Chanu, a Bengali immigrant living in England. Although Chanu--who's twice Nazneen's age--turns out to be a foolish blowhard who "had a face like a frog," Nazneen accepts her fate, which seems to be the main life lesson taught by the women in her family. "If God wanted us to ask questions," her mother tells her, "he would have made us men." Over the next decade-and-a-half Nazneen grows into a strong, confident woman who doesn't defy fate so much as bend it to her will. The great delight to be had in <I>Brick Lane</I> lies with Ali's characters, from Chanu the kindly fool to Mrs. Islam the elderly loan shark to Karim the political rabblerouser, all living in a hothouse of Bengali immigrants. <I>Brick Lane</I> combines the wide scope of a social novel about the struggles of Islamic immigrants in pre- and post-9/11 England with the intimate story of Nazneen, one of the more memorable heroines to come along in a long time. If Dickens or Trollope were loosed upon contemporary London, this is exactly the sort of novel they would cook up. <I>--Claire Dederer</I> 869942 2003 Brick Lane: A Novel total:4212|5:360|4:1299|3:1563|2:725|1:265| 4212 13400 5832 600 1 22 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 08:48:07 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 21:07:18 -0700 2007
Look at what the NY Review of Books said:

"Ali succeeds brilliantly in presenting the besieged humanity of people living hard, little-known lives...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 02 17:19:32 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 22 15:34:46 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 1 7 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 07:48:12 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 07:54:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 05:43:12 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 11:09:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 12:23:27 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 12:23:27 -0800 2008
Amma said to her daughters: "If God wanted us to ask questions, he would have made us men" (53).

"Razia waved the lollipop in front of Raqib's [the toddler's] face. He watched it devotedly. He became ...more...]]> 1 3 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Jan 03 12:00:57 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 12:00:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Mar 10 12:16:47 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 12:17:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 07:13:12 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 07:24:24 -0800 2008 3 1 false false Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 14:35:49 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 09:51:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 16:19:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 16:44:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Apr 16 23:09:06 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 23:09:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 21:29:18 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 03 22:05:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon May 28 13:29:59 -0700 2007 Mon May 28 13:29:59 -0700 2007 Brick Lane is the story of a uneducated woman from a small village in Bangladesh who moves to Brick Lane in London with her new husband after an arranged marriage. Like many other immigrant novels, this book touches on themes of culture clash and the struggle to adapt to the new country. The main ch...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Tue Nov 10 11:42:24 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 11:42:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Sep 24 07:09:43 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 07:11:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 31 02:17:26 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 02:17:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 07:39:41 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 07:40:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu May 21 17:57:43 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 18:29:31 -0700 2009
ni buku bercerita tentang kehidupan sehari2 sebuah keluarga Bangladesh di sebuah kota di Inggr...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Jul 25 08:02:54 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 08:24:51 -0700 2009 Brick Lane is an interesting book. The central character, Nazneen is totally passive, almost too passive. It should be noted, however, that Monica Ali does a good job of setting up that passivity. From the very first page of the book, the reader is shown and told that Nazneen is passive, that sh...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 25 05:16:09 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 05:16:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=117664