![]() ![]() 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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