The Reluctant Fundamentalist

One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century<BR><BR>FINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE & WINNER OF THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE<BR><BR>“It was as if Hamid knew what was going to happen to America and the world, and gave us a road map to our future… At once terrifying and … oddly hopeful.” —Ayelet Waldman, The New York Times Book Review<BR><BR>“Moving, audacious, and indelibly human.” —Entertainment Weekly, “A” rating<BR><BR>The New York Times bestselling novel: an astonishingly visionary love story that imagines the forces that drive ordinary people from their homes into the uncertain embrace of new lands, from the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and the forthcoming The Last White Man.<BR><BR>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. . . .<BR><BR>Exit West follows these remarkable 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.

Als Anders eines Morgens erwacht, stellt er fest, dass er sich verwandelt hat: Er ist nicht mehr weiß. Vollkommen erschüttert schließt er sich in seiner Wohnung ein, meldet sich krank. Nur Oona erzählt er von seiner Verwandlung, einer guten Freundin und gelegentlichen Geliebten. Irgendwann wagt er sich wieder hinaus in die Welt und zur Arbeit. 'Wenn mir das passiert wäre, ich hätte mich umgebracht', sagt sein Chef. Immer mehr Berichte über ähnliche Verwandlungen tauchen auf: Die weiße Mehrheit im Land scheint zur Minderheit zu werden. Und sie fühlt sich bedroht. Steht ein Umsturz der bestehenden Ordnung bevor? Bald herrschen bürgerkriegsähnliche Zustände in der Stadt. Oona, mittlerweile selbst verwandelt, steht Anders zur Seite, in den Wirren dieser Zeit werden sie zu einem Liebespaar. Schließlich gibt es kaum mehr weiße Menschen in der Stadt, Anders' Vater stirbt schwerkrank als der letzte weiße Mann. Die Unruhen klingen ab - aber gelingt es den Menschen nun, einander wirklich zu sehen?

"Mr. Hamid reaffirms his place as one of his generation's most inventive and gifted writers." –Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times<BR><BR> "A globalized version of The Great Gatsby . . . [Hamid's] book is nearly that good." –Alan Cheuse, NPR<BR><BR> "Marvelous and moving." –TIME Magazine<BR><BR> From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Exit West, the boldly imagined tale of a poor boy’s quest for wealth and love <BR><BR> His first two novels established Mohsin Hamid as a radically inventive storyteller with his finger on the world’s pulse. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia meets that reputation—and exceeds it. The astonishing and riveting tale of a man’s journey from impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon, it steals its shape from the business self-help books devoured by ambitious youths all over “rising Asia.” It follows its nameless hero to the sprawling metropolis where he begins to amass an empire built on that most fluid, and increasingly scarce, of goods: water. Yet his heart remains set on something else, on the pretty girl whose star rises along with his, their paths crossing and recrossing, a lifelong affair sparked and snuffed and sparked again by the forces that careen their fates along.<BR><BR> How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is a striking slice of contemporary life at a time of crushing upheaval. Romantic without being sentimental, political without being didactic, and spiritual without being religious, it brings an unflinching gaze to the violence and hope it depicts. And it creates two unforgettable characters who find moments of transcendent intimacy in the midst of shattering change.

From the twice Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change<BR><BR>One morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him. At first he tells only Oona, an old friend, newly a lover.<BR><BR>Soon, reports of similar occurrences surface across the land. Some see in the transformations the long-dreaded overturning of an established order, to be resisted to a bitter end. In many, like Anders's father and Oona's mother, a sense of profound loss wars with profound love.<BR><BR>As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different shading: a chance to see one another, face to face, anew.<BR><BR>'A transformative tale . . . compellingly readable and strangely musical' Guardian<BR><BR>'With this big-hearted novel of ideas, Mohsin Hamid confronts challenging truths with insight, wisdom, and - above all else - limitless compassion' Tayari Jones, An American Marriage

A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick - Booker Gems <BR><BR>THE NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER<BR> SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017<BR> WINNER OF THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE<BR><BR> 'Astonishing' Zadie Smith<BR> 'Stunning' Spectator<BR> 'Extraordinary' TLS<BR><BR> An extraordinary story of love and hope from the bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist<BR><BR> All over the world, doors are appearing.<BR> They lead to other cities, other countries, other lives.<BR><BR> And in a city gripped by war, Nadia and Saeed are newly in love.<BR> Hardly more than strangers, desperate to survive, they open a door and step through.<BR><BR> But the doors only go one way.<BR> Once you leave, there is no going back.<BR><BR>*Coming soon as a major Netflix film - produced by Michelle and Barack Obama and starring Riz Ahmed*<BR><BR> 'One of the year's most significant literary works' The New York Times<BR> 'A masterpiece' Michael Chabon<BR> 'Addictively readable and brilliantly written. Fantastic' Mail on Sunday

The internationally bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted portrait of a man caught between conflicting identities and betrayed by the world he has embraced - from the author of Exit West<BR><BR>Adapted as a major film starring Kate Hudson and Kiefer Sutherland<BR><BR>'Masterful . . . A poignant love story and a thriller that subtly ratchets up the nerve-jangling tension towards an explosive ending' Metro<BR><BR>'Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard. I am a lover of America . . . '<BR><BR>So speaks the mysterious stranger at a Lahore cafe as dusk settles. Invited to join him for tea, you learn his name and what led this speaker of immaculate English to seek you out. For he is more worldy than you might expect; better travelled and better educated. He knows the West better than you do. And as he tells you his story, of how he embraced the Western dream -- and a Western woman -- and how both betrayed him, so the night darkens. Then the true reason for your meeting becomes abundantly clear . . .<BR><BR>Challenging, mysterious and thrillingly tense, Mohsin Hamid's masterly The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a vital read teeming with questions and ideas about some of the most pressing issues of today's globalised, fractured world.

>So wirst du stinkreich im boomenden Asien< erzählt die erstaunliche und dramatische Geschichte eines Mannes, der sich von einem verdreckten und kränklichen Jungen aus der verarmten Provinz zu einem korrupten Großunternehmer wandelt, und beruft sich dabei auf die Art von Selbsthilfebüchern, wie sie zu Tausenden im heutigen Asien von jungen, hoffnungsvollen Männern gelesen werden.Der namenlose Held kommt in einer riesigen Millionenstadt zu erstem Geld und baut sich alsbald ein eigenes Imperium auf - mit dem wichtigsten und knappsten Gut, das man sich denken kann: mit Wasser. Doch sein Herz hat er für immer verloren an das hübsche Mädchen, dessen Stern parallel zu seinem aufgeht. Immer wieder kreuzen sich ihre Lebenswege in dieser Liebe zueinander, entzündet und erloschen von den Kräften ihrer jeweiligen Schicksale.Der Held dieser brillanten Geschichte könnte jeder von uns sein - auf der Suche nach einem besseren Leben. Und nicht nur das: Auch das Schicksal, das ihn erwartet, könnte das unsere sein ... Tempogeladen, lebhaft und emotional tiefgehend erzählt dieser Roman von zwei unvergesslichen Menschen zwischen Momenten transzendenter Intimität und aufwühlenden gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen in der Welt von heute.

Discontent and its Civilizations collects the best of Mohsin Hamid's writing on subjects as diverse and wide-ranging as Pakistan; fatherhood; the death of Osama Bin Laden and the writing of The Reluctant Fundamentalist.<BR><BR>Unified by the author's humane, clear-headed and witty voice, the book makes a compelling case for recognizing our common humanity while relishing our diversity - both as readers and citizens; for resisting the artificial mono-identities of religion or nationality or race; and for always judging a country or nation by how it treats its minorities, as 'Each individual human being is, after all, a minority of one'.