![]() ![]() Really, is that all it took? This woman is an interest-charging money lender (which, apparently, is a big NO-NO as a Muslim) who runs a religious school for girls and raises her sons to be repo-man thugs but she's afraid to swear on the Qu'ran because of an accounting discrepancy? Score one for Nazneen and her growing independence! ![]() The most ridiculous part (and because of that, maybe the most enjoyable?) of Nazneen's story is when she stops this evil money lender Mafia-like woman in the story by asking her to swear on the Qu'ran. It's a wonder that lifeless Nazneen even moves into an affair with a younger man. Compare Nazneen's character to that of her sister, aunt, and friends. Don't buy into the crap about "what it must be like to live a suppressed/oppressed life as a Muslim woman." That's not what's going on. It wasn't until page 152, I believe, when Nazneen giggles. The protaganist moves around in the book like she's had a lobotomy. WHO IS THIS CRAZY NUT? You need to read a book like Brick Lane to understand "besieged humanity" or what it's like to live a "hard, little-known" life? "Ali succeeds brilliantly in presenting the besieged humanity of people living hard, little-known lives on the margins of a rich, self-absorbed society." Look at what the NY Review of Books said: ![]() Could it take me longer to read a book? I made myself read this book everyday so I could be done with it and properly hate it. ![]()
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