Mohsin Hamid
Hardcover | Pages: 231 pages Rating: 3.79 | 98726 Users | 12371 Reviews
Details Epithetical Books Exit West
| Title | : | Exit West |
| Author | : | Mohsin Hamid |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | 1st |
| Pages | : | Pages: 231 pages |
| Published | : | March 7th 2017 by Riverhead |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Magical Realism. Fantasy. Contemporary. Literary Fiction. Audiobook. Romance |
Description In Favor Of Books Exit West
In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet—sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair and are soon cloistered in a premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors—doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price. As the violence escalates, Nadia and Saeed decide that they no longer have a choice. Leaving their homeland and their old lives behind, they find a door and step through.Exit West follows these characters as they emerge into an alien and uncertain future, struggling to hold on to each other, to their past, to the very sense of who they are. Profoundly intimate and powerfully inventive, it tells an unforgettable story of love, loyalty, and courage that is both completely of our time and for all time.
Mention Books Toward Exit West
| Original Title: | Exit West |
| ISBN: | 0735212171 (ISBN13: 9780735212176) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | San Diego, California(United States) La Jolla, San Diego, California(United States) Marrakesh(Morocco) …more Mykonos, Cyclades(Greece) …less |
| Literary Awards: | Booker Prize Nominee (2017), Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (2017), National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2017), Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2018), Kirkus Prize Nominee for Fiction (2017) Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2017), Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize Nominee for Fiction (2017), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2019), Aspen Words Literary Prize (2018), Rathbones Folio Prize Nominee (2018) |
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Ratings: 3.79 From 98726 Users | 12371 ReviewsCommentary Epithetical Books Exit West
I want to shove this book into everyone's hands and say, "READ IT." Undoubtedly the best book I've read so far this year and one of the best I will probably read in 2017. Hamid's writing is lush and evocative and so, so beautiful. The story of immigration is incredibly important for today, but it's told in a timeless fashion; the magical realism is done so tastefully and imaginatively and works so well for the story. He probes into the minds of our two main characters, Nadia and Saeed, in such aTheres a clue early on that Mohsin Hamid posits attachment to place, even cultural identity as skin deep, an adaptation rather than any quintessential expression of identity. Nadia, the heroine, covers herself in black veils but as a defence against predatory or bigoted males rather than as an expression of religious or cultural conviction. Living spaces in this novel are depicted as temporary, transient, replacable. Even national identity is largely a series of acquisitions and adaptations,
In a country with civil unrest and a brewing civil war, Nadia and Saeed meet one another in their night class. As they come to rely on one another in the middle of the chaos and instability consuming their country, their friendship deepens into a relationship. As the circumstances in their country deteriorate, rumors begin to go around about doors that aren't just normal doors, but doors that can take people to places far away. Eventually things become so dire that Nadia and Saeed decide to
My mind is full to overflowing with thoughts about this book. Its a beautifully written book, although at times its overwhelming. And there were parts of it that just totally confused me. I love how it deals with the fears of citizens trapped in a city torn apart. ...warriors on both sides who seemed content to flatten it in order to possess it. It takes you so fully into that environment. I loved how the younger generations, for whom cell phones and internet were a given, were laid low when
Edit - rounded down stars from 4 to 33.5 Stars (remains the same) In a city swollen by refugees but still mostly at peace or at least not yet openly at war, a young man met a young woman in a classroom and did not speak for her. For many days. In public, Nadia is always dressed in a flowing black robe, covering every inch of her from her neck to her toes. Saeed has a shadow of a beard, stubble, which he meticulously maintains. They are studying corporate identity and product branding, despite
4+. We need more books like this, or no, maybe that's wrong, what we need are more readers of books like this. The country it takes place is unnamed, but one part makes it sound as if it is in Asia somewhere. A country under siege by opposing parties, a country at war with itself, a dangerous place, how so many in this world live in constant danger, constant war.Saeed and Nadia meet, forge a relationship, when their country erupts in violence, it becomes unlivable. They seek ways to leave, hire
Exit West had the potential to be the greatest novel published in the last ten years. I dont say such things liberally; it really did have a certain power due to it being so politically conscious, though somehow it failed to deliver what it could have done.Let us rewind a little. Exit West begins in an undisclosed east, in a city at war. The corrupt government is subsequently toppled and the new regime isnt exactly any better. The ordinary citizens, those with no particular political ties, are
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