You would think that there would be plenty of teething problems for Nazneen, settling into a new country where she doesn’t speak the language, but the book seems to gloss over the differences in culture and marriage to a man she barely knows. But when Chanu announces his plans to return home, Nazneen is conflicted. As time goes by, Nazneen meets Karim, a young man who opens up her life somewhat. She is brought to a foreign way of life- life in a council flat and life in a foreign language. It looked interesting, so I added it to my pile and brought it back home with me.īrick Lane is about Nazneen, a Bangladeshi girl who enters an arranged marriage with Chanu, an older man who lives in London. I had never heard of the movie or the book before. On my last trip, I was browsing the shelves and the cover of Brick Lane caught my eye. They even send a regular catalogue by post for me to drool over.īut I digress. They have a fantastic range (including The Morland Dynasty, which it seems no other Australian, New Zealand or Singaporean bookshop carries) and you are welcome to browse to your heart’s content. Every time I’m in Melbourne (which is not as often as I’d like), I love to browse at Reader’s Feast in the CBD (corner of Bourke St and Swanston, downstairs from Starbucks).
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