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.