Monica Ali - Böcker

Monica Ali har utnämnts i Granta till en av Storbritanniens främsta författare 2003! "Monica Ali är en fantastisk berättare, och Brick Lane är fint utmejslad, djupt engagerande, skarp och ömsint." Meera Syal"En mycket speciell roman...

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Yasmin Ghorami har mycket att vara tacksam för: en stor familj som älskar henne, en spirande läkarkarriär och en bra kille, Joe, som hon snart ska gifta sig med. Men när bröllopsdagen närmar sig och Yasmins föräldrar måste umgås med Joes feministi...

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Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting materia...

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICKAS HEARD ON RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME, READ BY MEERA SYAL A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, DAILY MAIL, RED MAGAZINE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'Absolutely terrific' JENNY COLGAN'An utt...

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Yasmin Ghorami har mycket att vara tacksam för: en stor familj som älskar henne, en spirande läkarkarriär och en bra kille, Joe, som hon snart ska gifta sig med. Men när bröllopsdagen närmar sig och Yasmins föräldrar måste umgås med Joes feministi...

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME, READ BY MEERA SYAL A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, DAILY MAIL, RED MAGAZINE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Absolutely terrific' JENNY ...

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This exciting and deeply moving debut novel follows the tumultuous life of Nazneen from her birth in a Bangladeshi village hut, to her arranged marriage to Chanu and the subsequent move to London?s Tower HamletsNazneen?s inauspicious entry to the ...

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Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting materia...

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The first new novel in a decade from the bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of BRICK LANE 'Bold, compassionate, big-hearted, pitch-perfectly written, and utterly unputdownable' Neel Mukherjee, Booker Prize shortlisted author of THE LIVES...

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Still a teenager Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage to a man twenty years older. Moved away from her childhood village, Nazneen is moved to London, not knowing a word of english and confined to her flat. This title exlpores the role of ...

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Now in paperback, Ali's gorgeous first novel is the deeply moving story of one woman, Nazneen, born in a Bangladeshi village and transported to London at age 18 to enter into an arranged marriage.

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A book you wont be able to put down. A Bangladeshi immigrant in London is torn between the kind, tedious older husband with whom she has an arranged marriage (and children) and the fiery political activist she lusts after. A novel thats multi-cont...

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Following her National Book Critics Circle and Los Angeles Times Book Award-nominated, bestselling debut, Brick Lane, Monica Ali's splendid Alentejo Blue rewards readers with characters who etch themselves into one's memory (People). Set in a smal...

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'Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant' COSMOPOLITAN'A brilliant novel: honest, engaging and sharp as a tack' SARAH WATERS'Lively, vivid and exceedingly entertaining' SUNDAY TIMES Not one of them, if she could help it, was going...

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***As dramatised on BBC Radio Four***SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA RICHARD AND JUDY PICK'Written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime' SUNDAY TIMESStill in her teenage ...

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Alentejo Blue is the story of the Portuguese village of Mamarrosa told through the lives of those who live there and those who are passing through - men and women, children and old people, locals, tourists and expatriates.For some, such as Teresa,...

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MONICA ALIThe love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. After a chance meeting rekindles his love an...

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At the once-splendid Imperial Hotel, chef Gabriel Lightfoot is trying to run a tight kitchen. But his integrity and his sanity are under constant challenge from an exuberantly multinational staff, a gimlet-eyed hotel management, and business partn...

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Alentejo Blue is the story of a village community in Portugal, told through the lives of men and women whose families have lived there for generations and some who are passing through. For Teresa, a beautiful girl not yet twenty, Mamarrosa is a pl...

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Booker Prize-shortlisted author Ali's "mesmerizing" ("Entertainment Weekly") novel brings readers into the vivid world of a London restaurant.

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The New York Times bestseller from one of the most versatile and bold writers of our time';an astonishing, tightly structured, and lyrically told' novel (People) inspired by Princess Diana.What if Princess Diana hadn't died? Diana's life and marri...

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What if Princess Diana hadn't died?Diana's life and marriage were fairy tale and nightmare. Adored by millions, in her personal life she suffered heartbreak and betrayal. Within a life of privilege, she frequently felt trapped and alone. Constrain...

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The New York Times bestseller from one of the most versatile and bold writers of our time';an astonishing, tightly structured, and lyrically told' novel (People) inspired by Princess Diana.What if Princess Diana hadn't died? Diana's life and marri...

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She was the most famous woman in the world. She died tragically, too young, in a terrible accident. The world mourned. Monica Ali, the beloved author of Brick Lane , explores the extraordinary question:  what if she hadn't died? Lydia liv...

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A stunning BBC radio adaptation of Monica Ali''s bestselling, Booker-shortlisted novel 1985. Uprooted from her home in Bangladesh, 18-year-old Nazneen is sent to London for an arranged marriage with a much older man. Her new life is strange and be...

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With nationalism and the far right on the rise across Europe and North America, there has never been a more important moment to face up to what we, in Britain, are doing to those who seek sanctuary. Still the UK detains people indefinitely under i...

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Set in London, a fresh and wickedly incisive novel about the daughter of Indian immigrants navigating love, family, and culture—by the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestselling Brick Lane, shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Yasmin Gh...

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"Cultural clashes, political satire, Oedipal conflicts, elegant prose?they're all here in this romp of a book." ?Oprah Daily A Phenomenal Book Club Pick and a New York Times Book Review Group Text Selection, Love Marriage is a glorious m...

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Als Nazneen 18 Jahre alt ist, wird sie mit einem deutlich älteren Mann verheiratet und zieht von Bangladesch zu ihm nach England. Aber die Brick Lane in London ist ganz anders als Nazneens Dorf, und außerdem spricht sie kein Englisch. Nazneen kümm...

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