Brick Lane

Name: Brick Lane
Author: Monica Ali

by Monica Ali

Bangladeshi woman in arranged marriage negotiates identity in East London

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Monica Ali

British-Bangladeshi novelist whose debut Brick Lane brought the experience of Bangladeshi immigrants in London to wide attention. She has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. Her fiction explores cultural identity and displacement in contemporary Britain.

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