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The kitchen of the world

suehallnet wrote 2 weeks ago: Monica Ali Monica Ali – In the Kitchen Feisty and tough, is how Monica Ali characterises herself. Sh … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, In the Kitchen, brick lane, librarything, Amazon Books, Doubleday

Writers in CPH

kanelsnegl wrote 3 weeks ago: It seems that Danish people read and they read a lot. Many bookshops and their popularity are a proo … more →

Tags: Events, Black Diamond

Cheltenham Literature Festival Diary: Part 22 comments

David Hebblethwaite wrote 1 month ago: Part 1 of this diary is available here. Tuesday 13th 10.00 am: My first history talk of the festival … more →

Tags: Books, Fiction, Literature, History, Non-Fiction, Sports, Cheltenham Literature Festival, Hilary Mantel, Architecture

Review: In The Kitchen by Monica Ali

michelleteasdale wrote 2 months ago: This book is touted on the cover blurb as being the follow-up to Brick Lane, despite the fact that M … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Review, Kitchen

Introducing Poet Melanie Drane 8 comments

bevaristo wrote 3 months ago: In 2006 I was one of three judges of the Poetry Society of Great Britain’s National Poetry Com … more →

Tags: 1, Poetry, Poetry Society of Great Britain, america, Japan, National Poetry Competition, World War 2, war veterans, American History

Brick Lane on the Novel and the Movie56 comments

dhila13 wrote 3 months ago: Akhirnya kerinduan bersambut juga setelah sekian lama saya tidak mengulas buku dan film di blog ini. … more →

Tags: resensi dan analisa bacaan, resensi dan analisa film, Brick Lane novel, feminis, Gender, Movie

Book Blogger Appreciation Week2 comments

pachuvachuva wrote 4 months ago: This is a re-post of the original announcement for the Second Annual Book Blogger Appreciation Week. … more →

Tags: book-ology, eat-cetera, annie freeman's traveling funeral, bbaw, BBAW award nominations, Book Blogger Appreciation Week, Book Blogging, Booksale, brick lane

Brick Lane - Monica Ali. Did it live up to the hype?3 comments

novelinsights wrote 4 months ago: I had been wanting to read Brick Lane by Monica Ali (Black Swan, 2003) for ages but never really got … more →

Tags: Books at Length, middling, Reviews by author, brick lane, Contemporary Fiction

July 9 - VR article1 comment

joslinlibrary wrote 5 months ago: July 9, 2009 In the Kitchen is Monica Ali’s latest novel since her well received Brick Lane. Essenti … more →

Tags: Valley Reporter Articles, Book Review

Ain't it strange2 comments

Joseph wrote 5 months ago: Patti Smith by Robert Mapplethorpe I came across two pieces by writers yesterday who were inspired b … more →

Tags: writing, Alistair Morgan, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Patti Smith, strangeness

Monica Ali's Brick Lane as a novel and film

ayselimo wrote 5 months ago: Lost in Translation             ‘‘Sternly, remorselessly, fate guides each of us; only at the beginn … more →

Tags: criticism, Gender, racism, Review, Womanhood, brick lane, Controversy, comparison of the novel and the film, Nazneen's transiton

Middle of the Road

debutnovelist wrote 7 months ago: My Library Thing widget should update soon to show I’ve been on a reading fest – three b … more →

Tags: Rupert Brooke, Jill Dawson, Historical Fiction

I'm happy I'm an atheist4 comments

rosemarymaccabe wrote 9 months ago: Because, apparently: If Allah wanted us to ask questions, he would have made us men. - from Monica A … more →

Tags: Feminism, Religion, sexual discrimination, brick lane

Brick Lane: Open Thread7 comments

Fatemeh wrote 10 months ago: I watched Brick Lane last night. Full disclosure: I haven’t read the book. I wanted to, I swea … more →

Tags: Books/Magazines, Cinema, brick lane

'Brick Lane' movie review (Baltimore Citypaper)

Jason Ferguson wrote 1 year ago: [After its opening date was pushed back multiple times, when Brick Lane finally opened in Baltimore, … more →

Tags: Movie Reviews, Film / DVD, Jason's favorites, South Asia, baltimore citypaper, Bangladesh, brick lane

Fiction: Brick Lane by Monical Ali4 comments

bookchronicle wrote 1 year ago: I was at an awards dinner recently when a professor mentioned Brick Lane and I interjected, “Oh righ … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Fiction, Immigrants, England, Film Adaptations, Relationships, fatalism, brick lane, Bangladesh

Brick Lane- a review from the New York Times

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 year ago: <a Scoopit! Chris Raphael/Sony Pictures Classics Tannishtha Chatterjee stars in “Brick Lane … more →

Tags: Cinema, Asia, Actors, Social commentary, Acting, film, Immigration, London, brick lane

The Smiths at the movies:Brick Lane

adamsmith1922 wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday afternoon Mrs Smith and Adam went to the movies again. We saw a very good little movie fro … more →

Tags: Cinema, enjoyment, England, Entertainment, Fun, Movies, Pleasure, lighthouse, brick lane

Get London Reading

keithmansfield wrote 1 year ago: The thing about living around Brick Lane is that you’re always stumbling upon interesting things. To … more →

Tags: Johnny Mackintosh, Publishing Industry, London, brick lane, Get London Reading, gherkin


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