London: Doubleday Books. NEW and UNREAD.. 2003. First Edition. First printing. True First. SIGNED directly to title page. Black Cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Red endpapers. Dust jacket now protected in clear plastic BRODART cover. Original price Sterling to front endflap. 413pp.

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After an arranged marriage to Chanu, a man twenty years older, Nazneen is taken to London, leaving her home and heart in the Bangladeshi village where she was born. Her new world is full of mysteries. How can she cross the road without being hit by a car (an operation akin to dodging raindrops in the monsoon)? What is the secret of her bullying neighbor Mrs. Islam? What is a Hell's Angel? And how must she comfort the nave and disillusioned Chanu? As a good Muslim girl, Nazneen struggles to not question why things happen. She submits, as she must, to Fate and devotes herself to her husband and daughters. Yet to her amazement, she begins an affair with a handsome young radical, and her erotic awakening throws her old certainties into chaos. Monica Ali's splendid novel is about journeys both external and internal, where the marvellous and the terrifying spiral together.

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Bookseller: Aldersgate Books Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 33424
Title: Brick Lane (SIGNED)
Author: Ali, Monica
Book Condition: New NEW and UNREAD.
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 038560484X
ISBN 13: 9780385604840
Publisher: London: Doubleday Books
Place of Publication: London
This edition first published: 2003
Keywords: Modern Firsts
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Firsts;

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