Brick Lane

***As dramatised on BBC Radio Four***

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Written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetimeSUNDAY TIMES

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 Londons 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.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD

A brilliant evocation of sensuality DAILY TELEGRAPH
A novel that will lastGUARDIAN
Highly evolved and accomplishedOBSERVER

Readers love for BRICK LANE:
Memorable and gripping *****
The kind of book that changes your perception of the world *****
This has become a classic and i can see why*****
Funny, sharp and very touching *****