Analytical Evaluation of Monica Ali`s Brick Lane

The literary journey of Monica Ali and her acclaimed novel Brick Lane

Abstract

Monica Ali took birth in 1967, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She immigrated to Britain in 1971. She grew up in Bolton, Greater Manchester, and studied politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford University. She worked in publishing, design and branding before having children, a son and a daughter, and starting to write. Her first novel Brick Lane, which was first published by Doubleday in the UK in 2003, has been shortlisted for the 2003, Man Booker Fiction. Later on, it was also published by Black Swan in 2004. Brick Lane has been translated into 26 languages. Monica Ali lives as a writer with her family in London and “was named in 2003 by Granta one of the Best of Young British Novelists. Among contemporary authors Monica Ali definitely counts to the newcomers.