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Alentejo Blue Fiction

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ISBN-10: 0743293045

ISBN-13: 9780743293044

Edition: 2007

Authors: M�nica Ali

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Following her National Book Critics Circle andLos Angeles TimesBook Award-nominated, bestselling debut,Brick Lane, Monica Ali's splendidAlentejo Blue"rewards readers with characters who etch themselves into one's memory" (People). Set in a small Portuguese village,Alentejo Blueis a story of displacement and modernization told through the lives of the locals and of people who are just passing through. The residents of Mamarrosa whose ancestors occupy the graveyards are restless and struggle to make a living. They watch as tourists and expats move in. Monica Ali's characters are profoundly sympathetic. Her understanding of their dreams, desires, and disappointments is rare and…    
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Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 6/5/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English

Monica Ali was born October 20, 1967. She is a British writer of Bangladeshi origin. She is the author of Brick Lane, her debut novel, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2003.