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- Sprache: Englisch
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Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, which imagines a world where doors can instantly transport people across the globe. The novel focuses on Saeed and Nadia, who are fleeing civil war in their native country and use the doors to travel to new countries, where the inhabitants’ responses range from violent nativist riots to official clampdowns to acceptance and integration. Mohsin Hamid is a Pakistani writer and brand consultant. He is known in particular for his novels
The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which was shortlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize, and
Exit West, which was shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize and was named one of the
New York Times’ 10 Best Books of 2017.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019
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MOHSIN HAMID
PAKISTANI NOVELIST
Born in Lahore in 1971.Notable works:Moth Smoke (2000), novelThe Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007), novelHow to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (2013), novelBorn in 1971 in Lahore, Pakistan, Mohsin Hamid spent some of his childhood in America. He then went to school in Lahore, before returning to America to study at Princeton University, graduating in 1993. While at Princeton, he was taught and influenced by Joyce Carol Oates and Toni Morrison. Hamid studied at Harvard Law School until 1997, and now makes a living through consultancy and writing. He moved to London in 2001, and became a dual citizen of the United Kingdom in 2006. He has written essays and journalistic pieces for publications including The Guardian and The New York Times. Hamid has lived in Lahore with his wife Zahra and their daughter Dina since 2009, and regularly travels between New York, London, and various European countries. He is known for his experimental techniques: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is written in the second person, and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007, is written as a monologue addressed to the reader.
EXIT WEST
NOVEL ABOUT TWO REFUGEES WHO ESCAPE A CIVIL WAR BY PASSING THROUGH A NETWORK OF PORTALS
Genre: novelReference edition: Hamid, M. (2018) Exit West. London: Penguin.1stedition: 2017Themes: war, displacement, national identity, magical realism, relationships, thresholdsExit West follows a young couple, Nadia and Saeed, as they are forced to flee a civil war in their home country using a series of doors that lead to other places. As the doors transform their lives and the countries they visit, their relationship begins to change alongside it. Exit West
