Monica Ali: 7 books

Monica Ali, nominated for the Man Booker Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, has written a follow-up to Brick Lane that will further establish her as one of England's most compelling and original voices. Gabriel L ightfoot is an enterprising...

“A book you won’t be able to put down. A Bangladeshi immigrant in London is torn between the kind, tedious older husband with whom she has an arranged marriage (and children) and the fiery political activist she lusts after. A novel that’s multi-continental, richly detailed and elegantly crafted.”...

The New York Times bestseller, now in paperback from one of the most versatile and bold writers of our time—“an astonishing, tightly structured, and lyrically told” novel (People) inspired by Princess Diana. W hat if Princess Diana hadn’t died? Diana’s life and marriage were fairy...

Alentejo Blue is the story of a village community in Portugal, told through the lives of men and women whose families have lived there for generations and some who are passing through. For Teresa, a beautiful girl not yet twenty, Mamarrosa is a place from which to escape. For the dysfunctional Potts...

Achieving practical trade facilitation reforms has become a key development priority in recent years. In 2001, the Bank issued a first Trade and Transport Facilitation Audit (TTFA) toolkit. The TTFA provides a simple and cost-effective instrument to analyze bottlenecks in international supply chains...

L'histoire drôle et poignante d'une Bangladaise émigrée à Londres. Un roman généreux, foisonnant et épicé sur le choc des cultures, les désenchantements de l'exil et les mirages de l'intégration. Une formidable galerie de personnages. Une écriture étincelante. Un pur joyau. L'histoire...

Chef des cuisines de l'hôtel Impérial, un palace plus vraiment à la hauteur de sa splendeur d'antan, Gabriel Lightfoot doit composer chaque jour avec une équipe cosmopolite et chahuteuse, une petite amie chanteuse qui se pose des questions sur leur relation et un père malade qui lui laisse des...