Nina, at thirty, sees herself as increasingly off the shelf. But then unexpectedly, aproposal arrives. Ananda is a dentist in Halifax, Canada. The two marry and she leaves her home and her country to build a new life with him. But there is always more to marriage than courtship. And as nina discovers truths about her husband ??? both sexual and emotional ??? her fragile new life in Canada begins to unravel. The immigrant is another mesmerizing saga about the complexities of arranged marriage and nri life from this most beloved of novelists.