![]() ![]() The last one is Hasina’s life, back in Bangladesh.Īs I said before, Nazneen is a simple woman. ![]() The third one is the evolution of the neighbourhood, the Bengladeshi community and the children of the first immigrants. The second dimension is Chanu’s personal journey. The first dimension is the slow opening of Nazneen’s mind to her right to individuality. He’s educated and hopes for a promotion that never comes.īrick Lane is a four dimensional book. At the beginning, Chanu works for the council as a clerk and is dissatisfied with his job. She doesn’t speak English, her only contacts are with other Bengladeshi women in the apartment complex. Brick Lane relates Nazneen’s story, her slow adaptation to her new life and her new environment. She moves with him in an apartment in Tower Hamlets, near Brick Lane, London. Chanu is in his forties, he’s an old man to her. In 1985, when she’s eighteen, Nazneen is sent to London to marry Chanu, a Bangladeshi emigrant. Nazneen was born in a village and she and her sister Hasina hardly receive any education. And since nothing could be changed, everything had to be borne. This part is very important because it’s the crux of Nazneen’s education. Deliberately, her mother decided not to take action to save her but let Fate decide if her baby should survive or not. Nazneen was a premature baby born in 1967 in rural Bangladesh her survival was left to Fate. French title: Sept mers et treize rivières. ![]()
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