Book : Love Marriage A Novel - Ali, Monica

-Titulo Original : Love Marriage A Novel

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Scribner

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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 moving novel from Booker Prize shortlisted Monica Ali, who has “an inborn generosity that cannot be learned” (The New York Times Book Review).In present-day London, Yasmin Ghorami is twenty-six, in training to be a doctor (like her Indian-born father), and engaged to the charismatic, upper-class Joe Sangster, whose formidable mother, Harriet, is a famous feminist. The gulf between families is vast. So, too, is the gulf in sexual experience between Yasmin and Joe. As the wedding day draws near, misunderstandings, infidelities, and long-held secrets upend both Yasmin’s relationship and that of her parents, a “love marriage,” according to the family lore that Yasmin has believed all her life. A gloriously acute observer of class, sexual mores, and the mysteries of the human heart, Monica Ali has written a “riveting” (BookPage, starred review) social comedy and a moving, revelatory story of two cultures, two families, and two people trying to understand one another that’s “sure to please Ali’s fans and win some new ones” (Publishers Weekly). Review Praise for Love Marriage “An absorbing and meaty exploration of love, family and culture…There are differences in race, class and religion to navigate between the middle-class, Muslim and Indian-born Ghoramis and the white, upper-middle-class Sangsters, and Ali delineates those distinctions with nuance. Yet, to its credit, the characters of Love Marriage are more interesting than their well-worn challenges.” -NPR “Quick-footed and absorbing... The playful clash of cultures evolves into a subtle exploration of the ways in which both immigrant and nonimmigrant families have shaped their children. -The New Yorker “Ali successfully skewers everyone-white feminists, children of immigrants, overconfident male doctors…funny and satisfying.” -Glamour “Such lively characters, they practically waltz off the page to hand readers save-the-date cards. -New York Times Book Review, May “Group Text” pick Cultural clashes, political satire, Oedipal conflicts, elegant prose-they’re all here in this romp of a book. -Oprah Daily “Monica Ali’s latest novel explores a wide range of themes from smashing cultural taboos to the faltering steps you take when you’re young and in love and the experience of being the child of immigrants. Ali’s wit and insight illuminate the complications of modern love in Britain today. A joy.” -Harper’s Bazaar “Every bit as compelling as her debut, Brick Lane... warm and intelligent.” -Good Housekeeping “What starts out as a novel about planning a wedding that crosses two very different cultures evolves into something quite different. Love Marriage is about coming of age when you thought (perhaps wrongly) that you already had arrived.” -Bookreporter “A riveting portrait of a seemingly perfect engagement’s unraveling… Ali’s character treatments are multifaceted, humane and fluid in this multicultural family drama.” -BookPage, STARRED review The characters’ brisk discussions on politics, culture, and race skate over ideological divides, the substance of which emerges in dramatic irony and creates a textured portrayal of an immigrant family. This is sure to please Ali’s fans and win some new ones. -Publishers Weekly “[A] colorful tale of strained relationships ... The finale is rich, bawdy, and bold, a dramatization of the many ways we fail those closest to us and build lives on shifting sediments of buried feelings. And we live for love, nonetheless.” -Booklist Ali’s immersive novel, skipping deftly between several points of view, might be termed a comedy of manners of Britain’s urban middle class, but the comedy here has teeth: Though the book treats its characters with affection, the racial