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Nazneen is a teenager forced into an arranged marriage with a man considerably older than her--a man whose expectations of life are so low that misery seems to stretch ahead for her. Fearfully leaving the sultry oppression of her Bangladeshi village, Nazneen finds herself cloistered in a small flat in a high-rise block in the East End of London. Because she speaks no English, she is obliged to depend totally on her husband. But it becomes apparent that, of the two, she is the real survivor: more able to deal with the ways of the world, and a better judge of the vagaries of human behaviour. She makes friends with another Asian girl, Razia, who is the conduit to her understanding of the unsettling ways of her new homeland.
This is a novel of genuine insight, with the kind of characterisation that reminds the reader at every turn just what the novel form is capable of. Every character (Nazneen, her disappointed husband and her resourceful friend Razia) is drawn with the complexity that can really only be found in the novel these days. In some ways, the reader is given the same all-encompassing experience as in a Dickens novel: humour and tragedy rub shoulders in a narrative that inexorably grips the reader. Whether or not Monica Ali can follow up this achievement is a question for the future; it's enough to say right now that Brick Lane is an essential read for anyone interested in current British fiction. --Barry Forshaw -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
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Way overrated!,
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I bought „Brick Lane" because of all the publicity surrounding the author Monica Ali and her debut novel: "A magnificent coup" according to the „Observer", with a "comic touch" according to the "Guardian". Neither did I find "Brick Lane" magnificient, nor a coup. Hints of a comic touch may have been there, but I must have missed missed them.Don't get me wrong, at times I enjoyed reading "Brick Lane", but it was not a book that I did not want to put down until I had finished reading the last page. It started out good, but weakened by the page. "Brick Lane" is basically the story about Nazneen's and Chanu's marriage, their life in Tower Hamlets in London and that of a woman who was left to her fate until she took fate in her own hands. Throughout Nazneen's stay at Tower Hamlets she receives letters from her sister Hazima, who ran away from home for a love marriage (whereas Nazneen submitted to her father in marrying Chanu). Hasina's letters are not only updates of life in Bangladesh but also mirror Nazneen's life in London. Some of the characters are indeed very well developed, but mostly I found the read tedious and somewhat lengthy. 200 pages less would have sufficed and a tad more spark would have been good! Result: Don't set your hopes to high on this one or you might be as disappointed as I am! Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
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Bei diesem Buch bleibt man ziemlich unberührt, die Geschichte ist nicht wirklich interessant und zieht sich fast endlos dahin. Man wartet darauf, dass etwas passiert, doch das trifft nie wirklich ein. Dann wird es auch noch so pseudo-politisch, jedoch aus einer Limbus-ähnlichen Distanz, wie durch Watte hindurch. Das einzig Spezielle sind Hasina's Briefe, die einen Einblick in das heutige Bangladesch geben sollen. Aber auch diese erscheinen nicht ganz echt, denn sprachlich gibt es zu viele Unterschiede, jemand der so schlecht spricht, wird kaum hochgelehrte Ausdrücke verwenden. Man kann es einfach nicht ganz ernst nehmen. Was hilfreich gewesen wäre, fehlt hier ebenso: ein Glossar, denn nicht jeder ist mit all den Fremdwörtern vertraut, auch wenn man meist gerade noch weiss, was ein Sari ist. Die ganze Hysterie wegen diesem Buch, das wirklich in praktischen allen Zeitungen und Zeitschriften als Bestseller angepriesen wird, ist mir komplett unverständlich. Da gibt es weitaus besser Exemplare.
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A fascinating story,
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Brick Lane is an amazing story of Nazneen, a Bangladeshi female immigrant who moved to a Bangladesh community in London as a young woman and wife of an old man. Through her, the author successfully captured the Bengali traditions and the clash their contradictions upon the Islamic religion. The misconceptions Bengalis and many other Islamic people have vis-à-vis their religion and culture incompatibilities is vividly portrayed in this book. Hindu practices, traditions and culture are intertwined with Islam to give it a different blend. Nazreen gets married to Chanu through an arranged marriage where she had no choice, thereby cementing her destiny as a housewife. But then the reader soon finds that docile and obedient Nazreen's resigned life is interrupted now and then by her rebellious thoughts, a rebellious side that is unveiled when the path of the attractive radical named Karim crosses he path. This fast paced novel is rich in plot and has a fascinating setting. I highly recommend it along with THE USURPER AND OTHER STORIES.Also recommended: Disciples of Fortune, The Union Moujik, Kaffir Boy Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
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