(Un)arranged Marriage Paperback – 3 May 2001

This is an awesome and lesser known book from a underrated writer Bali Rai. Slight spoilers, but it's great that the author decided to tell the story of an arranged marriage from a young man's perspective this time, instead of a girl's. We really get to like and sympathise with the main character Manny, and coming from a non-Punjabi upbringing it was interesting to read about. It's equal parts amusing, tense, saddening...but ultimately our hero gets the ending he deserves.

Its a good story. I enjoyed reading about the indian family and enjoyed the familiarity of how things are said and done in the indian household. I laughed out loud at the bit when the main character picked up a left over pakora and put it in an empty cassette case. I could see it squashed and covered in tomato ketchup. I also enjoyed his description of how dry his mouth felt after he fell asleep in the sun. Like an allsations armpit....ha ha ha h!!!I thought the story was very negative towards indian people and I only hope that readers dont believe that thats what attitutdes are really like in the indian culture, especially in this day.I loved the main character but felt frustrated that he didnt reach out for help when he was being treated so badly....but then....that would change the story. I expect a sequel.... I want to hear more about the rebel uncle and what has happened to his family and life. Do they meet again when the boy grows up and has his own family....??? Bali... can we have a sequel please. And could you have a tharkhaan girl in the story called Sukhi Flora???

This is one of the best books I have ever read. The writer is so open and honest. Its also is unusual and wonderful to hear the forced marriage perspective from a males point of view, as women are the ones often associated with forced marriage and running away from it! This one is a male1 its refreshing! I wish more males would come forward and trell their story! I couldnt put this book down, it made me laugh, cry shock all of the emotions! It all turnes out ok for him in the end! READ READ IT and like me youll read it again nd again!

Again another book by Bali Rai which takes your breath away! (lol)THe book is different as in it potrays an 'arrnaged marriage' scenerio from an asian lads perspective which we do not ever realise or hear about. The media and books always use asian girls as their examples. The book also gives us an insight into life in india which is nice also for those of us who have not been for a while. All in all a great read and NOT JUST AIMED AT TEENAGERS anyone can read this book and identify it. I reccomend Rani & Sukh, THe Crew and The Last Taboo also....

It is a very good book, great story, and interesting characters. It gives a different view on the whole culture with arranged marriage, unusual to read a book in this genre from the point of view of a male character. It is quite a journey the main character does, and its very well written book. The character develops and grows up during the book and the emotions and the impossible choices that faced him are well described. It’s a book about finding yourself and to stand up for what you believe in and to take control of your own life. The book treats an important subject and shows a different side of the matter of arranged marriages, a subject I don't really knows anything about, but on occasions you heard of it it’s usually in the point of view of a female character.To summon it: it's a great book and I highly recommend others to read it.

This book is well written & gives a good idea of life from another cultural perspective as viewed by a family member who found it demeaning & claustrophobic.

Excellent product

Ok so I met Bali Rai not long ago and his books sounded really cool! He talked about how he liked to write about real life stuff and this is definitely an amazing example! I would recommend this story to anyone that doesn't mind the language and mostly teenagers because it really relates to the modern day teen.

Das Thema des Buches (ein junger Mann mit indischen Wurzeln der in Leicester lebt soll ein Mädchen heiraten, das er gar nicht kennt) finde ich sehr interessant und lesenswert. Die Hauptfiguren sind sympathisch, man kann sich wohl als junger Leser gut mit ihnen identifizieren, aber manchmal war das Buch wirklich etwas langweilig. Immer wieder dasselbe, keine Abwechslung, Spannung gab es zwar immer mal wieder, aber dann folgten wieder 20 Seiten auf denen nichts Neues passiert ist. Etwas mehr Abwechslung hätte dem Buch nicht geschadet.

Im Englisch-Unterricht im Abendgymnasium haben wir 4 Auszüge aus diesem Buch gelesen. Die haben mich sehr neugierig gemacht, so dass ich es mir gekauft und ganz gelesen habe.Insgesamt hat es mir sehr gut gefallen. Es ist flüssig zu lesen auch für Anfänger und die Geschichte ist sehr interessant. Lediglich der Teil, der in Indien spielt, zieht sich meiner Meinung nach etwas, deshalb nur 4 von 5 Sternen. Trotzdem kann ich es aber sehr empfehlen!

Ce récit à la fois hilarant et poignant interpelle. On est perplexe devant ces coutumes qui perdurent dans les milieux d'immigrants. Se lit dune traite.

Auch dieses Buch benötigte mein Sohn für die Schule. Er sagt es sei ganz lustig. Zumindest hat er es gelesen und seine Klausuren darüber ganz gut (2) geschrieben. Er sagt es war nicht schwer zu verstehen und man konnte es so durchlesen.

das buch ist trivial, uninteressant, plakativ, mehr fällt mir dazu nicht ein. daher ist es schwierig die geforderten 17 wörter zu schreiben.