Exit west : [a novel] /
By: Hamid, Mohsin [author.].
Publisher: London : Hamish Hamilton, 2017Description: 228 pages ; 26 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780241290088; 9780241290088:; 0241290082; 9780241290095; 0241290090.Subject(s): English fiction -- 21st century
| Pakistani literatureDDC classification: 823.92 HAM Awards: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, 2017.Summary: In a city swollen by refugees but still mostly at peace, or at least not yet openly at war, Saeed and Nadia share a cup of coffee, and their story begins. It will be a love story but also a story about war and a world in crisis, about how we live now and how we might live tomorrow. Before too long, the time will come for Nadia and Saeed to leave their homeland. When the streets are no longer useable and all options are exhausted, this young couple will join the great outpouring of those fleeing a collapsing city, hoping against hope, looking for their place in the world.
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 823.92 HAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0062542 |
In a city swollen by refugees but still mostly at peace, or at least not yet openly at war, Saeed and Nadia share a cup of coffee, and their story begins. It will be a love story but also a story about war and a world in crisis, about how we live now and how we might live tomorrow. Before too long, the time will come for Nadia and Saeed to leave their homeland. When the streets are no longer useable and all options are exhausted, this young couple will join the great outpouring of those fleeing a collapsing city, hoping against hope, looking for their place in the world.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, 2017.