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<b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE</b> <b>'Written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime'</b> <b> <i>Sunday Times</i> </b> Still in her teenage years, Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage with a disappointed older man. Away from her Bangladeshi village, home is now a cramped flat in a high-rise block in London's East End. Nazneen knows not a word of English, and is forced to depend on her husband. Confined in her tiny flat, Nazneen sews furiously for a living, shut away with her buttons and linings - until the radical Karim steps unexpectedly into her life. On a background of racial conflict and tension, they embark on a love affair that forces Nazneen finally to take control of her fate. <b>'A brilliant evocation of sensuality' <i>Daily Telegraph</i></b> <b>'A novel that will last' <i>Guardian</i></b> <b><i>'</i>Highly evolved and accomplished' <i>Observer</i></b>
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Sept Mers Et Treize Rivières, Monica Ali, Isabelle Maillet
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2006
- Einband
- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- Sept Mers Et Treize Rivières
- Sprache
- Französisch
- Autor*innen
- Monica Ali, Isabelle Maillet
- Verlag
- 10 X 18
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2006
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 573
- ISBN10
- 2264041706
- ISBN13
- 9782264041708
- Reihe
- Kategorien
- Schlagwörter
- Familie, Frauen, Gegenwartsliteratur, Britische Literatur, Feminismus, Asien, London, Indien, 21. Jahrhundert, Asiatische Belletristik, Booker Preis, Bangladesch
- Beschreibung
- <b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE</b> <b>'Written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime'</b> <b> <i>Sunday Times</i> </b> Still in her teenage years, Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage with a disappointed older man. Away from her Bangladeshi village, home is now a cramped flat in a high-rise block in London's East End. Nazneen knows not a word of English, and is forced to depend on her husband. Confined in her tiny flat, Nazneen sews furiously for a living, shut away with her buttons and linings - until the radical Karim steps unexpectedly into her life. On a background of racial conflict and tension, they embark on a love affair that forces Nazneen finally to take control of her fate. <b>'A brilliant evocation of sensuality' <i>Daily Telegraph</i></b> <b>'A novel that will last' <i>Guardian</i></b> <b><i>'</i>Highly evolved and accomplished' <i>Observer</i></b>