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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 changeOne 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.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.As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different a chance to see one another, face to face, anew.'A transformative tale . . . compellingly readable and strangely musical' Guardian'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
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The Last White Man, Mohsin Hamid
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- Released
- 2023
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- Title
- The Last White Man
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mohsin Hamid
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN10
- 0241995558
- ISBN13
- 9780241995556
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Contemporary Fiction, Gifts for men, Dystopia, Race, Racism, Magical Realism, Civil War, Utopia, Discrimination
- Rating
- 3.45 out of 5
- Description
- 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 changeOne 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.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.As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different a chance to see one another, face to face, anew.'A transformative tale . . . compellingly readable and strangely musical' Guardian'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