![]() ![]() has an inborn generosity that cannot be learned.” -The New York Times Book Review a popular success fueled by a critical one.One feels the enabling weight of the 19th century, of a history of novels about people cut off from their origins, adrift in Europe’s great cities. Monica Ali’s splendid novel is about journeys both external and internal, where the marvelous and the terrifying spiral together. Yet to her amazement, she begins an affair with a handsome young radical, and her erotic awakening throws her old certainties into chaos. She submits, as she must, to Fate and devotes herself to her husband and daughters. Islam? What is a Hell's Angel? And how must she comfort the naïve and disillusioned Chanu?Īs a good Muslim girl, Nazneen struggles to not question why things happen. ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() A novel that’s multi-continental, richly detailed and elegantly crafted.” -Curtis Sittenfeld, author of SisterlandĪfter 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. A Bangladeshi immigrant in London is torn between the kind, tedious older husband with whom she has an arranged marriage (and children) and the fiery political activist she lusts after. ![]()
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