Mohsin Hamid is the author of four novels and a collection of essays. His works have appeared on bestseller lists, been adapted for film, and translated into numerous languages. Hamid's writing often explores themes of identity, migration, and politics, delving into the complexities of the modern world through compelling narratives and a distinctive style. His literary insights offer readers profound reflections on global issues.
A portrait of contemporary Pakistan featuring an adulterous romance between two ultra-rich jet setters. He is a banker and she is the wife of his best friend, and she is escaping the constraints of marriage and motherhood by prowling the city as a journalist.
From impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon, our nameless hero amasses an empire built on that most fluid, and increasingly scarce, of goods: water. Yet his heart remains set on something else: 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.
Englische Literatur in Reclams Roter Reihe: das ist der englische Originaltext – mit Worterklärungen am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen. Der Roman, 2007 veröffentlicht, beschäftigt sich mit zeitgenössischen Ereignissen wie den Kriegen in Afghanistan und im Irak und mit deren Folgen. Er spielt an einem einzigen Abend in einem Café in Lahore während eines Treffens des pakistanischen Protagonisten Changez mit einem anonymen und ominösen Amerikaner. Diesem Fremden erzählt Changez, wie er in jungen Jahren seine Familie in Lahore verlässt, um in den Vereinigten Staaten zu studieren und anschließend dort zu arbeiten. Der Einsturz der Zwillingstürme des World Trade Center am 11. September 2001 wird für Changez zum Schlüsselerlebnis für sein zukünftiges Leben. Gleichzeitig offenbart sich dem Leser Schritt für Schritt die eigentliche Bedeutung des Romantitels. Englische Lektüre: Niveau C1 (GER)
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, thrust into 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 violence and the threat of violence escalate, 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.
From the internationally bestselling author of Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change. One morning, a man wakes up to find himself transformed. Overnight, Anders's skin has turned dark, and the reflection in the mirror seems a stranger to him. At first he shares his secret only with Oona, an old friend turned new lover. Soon, reports of similar events begin to surface. Across the land, people are awakening in new incarnations, uncertain how their neighbours, friends, and family will greet them. Some see the transformations as the long-dreaded overturning of the established order that must be resisted to a bitter end. In many, like Anders's father and Oona's mother, a sense of profound loss and unease wars with profound love. As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different shading- a chance at a kind of rebirth - an opportunity to see ourselves, face to face, anew. The Last White Man uplifts our capacity for empathy and the transcendence it allows, a migration of consciousness powerfully enacted by the novel itself.
