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Exit west

Paperback • 2018 • English • 1. edition

Exit west

By Mohsin Hamid

7 Ratings • 4.6 of 5

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About the book

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 Saee...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration
Narrative theme: Social issues

Book details

ISBN

9780241979068

Publisher

Penguin

Published year

2018

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Exit west

Format

Paperback

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