* The experience of any immigrant, and the complex attitudes that the immigrant experience generates both towards the new culture and the old * The imposition of passivity on a woman, to the point of making passivity a virtue, something that certainly transcends cultures and limits self-expectations (a theme throughout the book is the main character being left to her Fate at birth) However, it does a lot more, namely it urges the reader to think about: You really feel like you've learned a lot about what it means to be a Blangladeshi immigrant to the UK. No, not exactly a "fun" topic…) However, the descriptions are brilliant, and the story itself is mesmerizing. (A 16 year old Bangladeshi girl is married off to a 40 year old guy in London, and goes there to start a new life in almost poverty. That doesn't mean that it is necessarily fun to read. There's a good reason that Brick Lane was short-listed for the Man Booker award, and was nominated for a whole slew of other prizes too.
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