Brick Lane
London: Doubleday, 2003. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 413pp. 8vo. Paper over boards, stamped spine. Signed by the author on title page. Tight and unread with a complete number line (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). No marks and the original price (£12.99) remains intact. Jacket is protected by an archival Brodart cover. Author's debut novel. Gift quality. Fine / fine. Item #0004421
ISBN: 9780385604840
From promotional material: "After 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. Her new world is full of mysteries. 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. Islam? What is a Hell's Angel? And how must she comfort the naïve and disillusioned Chanu?
As a good Muslim girl, Nazneen struggles to not question why things happen. She submits, as she must, to Fate and devotes herself to her husband and daughters. Yet to her amazement, she begins an affair with a handsome young radical, and her erotic awakening throws her old certainties into chaos."
Price: $75.00