Monica Ali

Nanzeen's inauspicious birth in a Bangladeshi village imbues in her a sense of fatalism that she carries across continents. Married off to a man old enough to be her father, Nanzeen moves to London and cares for her family. But gradually she begins to question whether fate controls her or...

The New York Times bestseller 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. What if Princess Diana hadn’t died? Diana’s life and marriage were fairy tale and nightmare...

Monica Ali's stunning second book is a collection of stories set in the Alentejo province of Portugal, linked by characters and by a vivid sense of place and time. Teresa is a beautiful young girl from the village who is supposed to marry a suitable man from the same community but who wants to...

Zwei Kulturen, zwei Familien, eine Verlobung: Kann das gutgehen? Yasmin und Joe haben große Pläne für die Zukunft. Doch bevor es für die beiden angehenden Ärzte ans Heiraten geht, steht das erste Kennenlernen ihrer Familien an. Und das hat es in sich. Denn während Yasmins...

Zwei Kulturen, zwei Familien, eine Verlobung: Kann das gutgehen? Yasmin und Joe haben große Pläne für die Zukunft. Doch bevor es für die beiden angehenden Ärzte ans Heiraten geht, steht das erste Kennenlernen ihrer Familien an. Und das hat es in sich. Denn während Yasmins...

Named a Best Book of 2022 So Far by The New Yorker! “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...