Exit West
of Mohsin Hamid
Description
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.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 231 pages
- Publisher Riverhead
- Publication Date March 7th 2017
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9780735212176
- Edition 1st
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['San Diego, California (United States)', 'La Jolla, San Diego, California (United States)', 'Marrakesh (Morocco)', 'Mykonos, Cyclades (Greece)']
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