New Releases by Mohsin Hamid

Uži izbor za nagrade Buker, 2017,i IMPAC Dablin, 2019. Nagrada za fikciju Los Angeles Timesa, 2017. Nagrada Aspen Words, 2018. Bestseler magazina The New York Times, People, Entertainment Weekly, GQ... Svi smo mi migranti kroz vreme. Nadija i Said upoznaju se na večernjim predavanjima u neimenovanom gradu koji se već izvesno vreme „koleba na ivici provalije“ ‒ ratne. Najpre se druže, a potom upuštaju u tajnu ljubavnu vezu. Istovremeno, sve češće bivaju izloženi oružanim razmiricama i bombaškim napadima. Nakon što militantne skupine preuzmu vlast, ovaj par odlučuje da napusti zemlju i potraži sreću negde drugde, na Zapadu. Iako im na početku bilo kakva mogućnost bega izgleda nemoguća, uskoro počinje da se širi glasina da se diljem grada otvaraju tajanstvena vrata koja vode na sigurnija mesta, portali ka budućnosti, prolazi koji oživljavaju nadu u neki bolji, pravedniji život. Kako nasilje eskalira, Nadija i Said odlučuju da rizikuju, napuste zavičaj i svoje stare živote i prođu kroz vrata... Veštom narativnom tehnikom, uz čest upliv magijskog realizma, u romanu Izlaz – Zapad Hamid efektno tematizuje najveće moralne teme savremenog sveta – pitanje ljudi koji žive u ratnim zonama, u tranzitu, pitanje izbeglica i migranata, tražilaca azila... Što smo, simbolički, svi mi. Drži nas u zapitanosti nad time da li potraga za nekim boljim svetom osigurava mir i blagostanje, ili ostavljanje jednog rata za sobom znači svesno upuštanje u drugi. Izuzetno intiman pogled na aktuelnu temu današnjice, roman Izlaz – Zapad donosi nezaboravnu savremenu, a istovremeno univerzalnu priču o borbi, ljubavi i hrabrosti. Prevod sa engleskog: Vesna Stojković

Anders est un jeune homme sans histoires, il travaille dans une salle de gym. Un matin au réveil, il constate que sa couleur de peau a changé. Il ne comprend pas ce qui lui arrive, et décide de ne pas se rendre au travail, de ne plus sortir. Mais la faim aura raison de sa résolution, et il reprend également contact avec sa petite amie Oona. Au même moment, des émeutes racistes éclatent dans la ville, on cherche à tuer les gens de couleur. Dont Anders, désormais. Ce dernier comprend qu’il n’est pas seul à subir cette mutation : de plus en plus de Blancs deviennent du jour au lendemain des personnes de couleur. Anders se cache alors chez son père, gravement malade, tout en revoyant Oona. Quelque temps après, le père d’Anders meurt. Lors de son enterrement, dans son cercueil à moitié ouvert, tout le monde dans l’assistance a déjà perdu sa peau blanche : il est le dernier homme blanc. Écrit à la manière d’une parabole, ce court roman nous interpelle sur la question raciale et la violence dans nos sociétés occidentales. Traduit de l''anglais (Pakistan) par Colin Reingewirtz.

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. 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 shading: a chance to see one another, face to face, anew.

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?

Finalista do Man Booker Prize 2017 Num cenário de guerra, é possível o amor e a esperança. A história do amor furtivo de Nadia e Saeed tem lugar numa cidade não nomeada cheia de postos de controlo e de bombas, um labirinto humano à beira da rutura. Quando a guerra civil rebenta, surgem estranhos rumores sobre a existência de portas clandestinas que levam a outros países. À medida que a violência aumenta, os dois jovens sabem que têm de deixar para trás a vida que sempre conheceram, embarcando numa viagem sem regresso, vertiginosa e cheia de surpresas. Numa mistura singular de realismo e magia, Passagem para o Ocidente é um belíssimo romance sobre refugiados, que nos leva a questionar em que mundo queremos viver.

Di negeri yang sedang menuju kancah perang saudara, dua anak muda bertemu––Nadia yang lembut dan sangat mandiri, dan Saeed yang santun dan tenang. Mereka terlibat kisah cinta rahasia di tengah kota yang sedang bergolak. Ketika situasi semakin berbahaya dan bom-bom mulai merajalela, mereka mendengar bisik-bisik tentang pintu-pintu yang bisa membuka ke tempat-tempat jauh, dengan harga tertentu. Karena tak punya pilihan lain, keduanya memutuskan untuk meninggalkan negeri dan kehidupan mereka, dan memulai di tempat baru. Exit West mengisahkan perjalanan kedua anak muda ini, di tempat asing, menuju masa depan yang tidak pasti, berusaha berpegang pada satu sama lain dan masa lalu mereka, sambil mencari jati diri yang sesungguhnya.

«He de recomanar L''integrista reticent per mil·lèsima vegada. És una novel·la tan punyent i ben aconseguida que fa que agraeixis ser lector.» Junot Díaz Assegut en una taula d''un cafè de Lahore, Pakistan, el jove Changez narra la seva vida a un ciutadà nord-americà que acaba de conèixer. Estudiant brillant, jove promesa d''una multinacional i amant de l''elegant Erika, Changez representava el somni de l''immigrant nord-americà fins que l''atemptat de l''11 de setembre sacseja la seva vida: la desconfiança i el racisme creixent faran que Changez comenci a sentir-se expulsat de la vida occidental i l''arrossegaran a una profunda reflexió sobre l''encaix entre les seves arrels i el món on viu. A través d''un monòleg captivador i vertiginós, el jove exposarà les claus que expliquen la fractura actual entre orient i occident. L''integrista reticent és un terratrèmol literari decidit a radiografiar el món on vivim. The Washington Post — «Alguns llibres són actes de coratge. El que ha fet Hamid amb aquest llibre és extraordinari.» Sydney Morning Herald — «Breu, fascinant i discretament furiosa. Un encert clamorós.» Albert Forns, Diari Ara — «L''integrista reticent continua sent una lectura de plena vigència, que ens força a mirar la nostra realitat amb ulls d''estranger i a reflexionar sobre el sentit de la pertinença, del sentir-se autòcton en un món globalitzat. Mohsin Hamid ens col·loca en la incomoditat d''haver de prendre partit.» Cultural / El Mundo — «L''integrista reticent és una novel·la valenta, amb la fluïdesa d''un relat policial i una notable clarividència política.»

Lahore. In einem Café sitzen sich ein mitteilsamer Pakistani und ein zurückhaltender Amerikaner gegenüber. Als langsam die Nacht über die Stadt hereinbricht, enthüllt der Pakistani immer mehr Details seiner Lebensgeschichte. Changez heißt er, und er erzählt, wie er als junger, ehrgeiziger Gaststudent nach Princeton kommt. Als Vorzeigestudent wird er nach seinem Abschluss sofort von einer Elite-Firma engagiert. Er stürzt sich ins pulsierende Leben New Yorks, erhält durch seine reiche Freundin Erica Zugang zu Manhattans High Society und wähnt sich auf der Seite der Gewinner. Aber nach dem 11. September fällt sein amerikanischer Traum vom unaufhaltsamen Aufstieg langsam in sich zusammen. Plötzlich erscheint Changez die Bindung an seine Heimat wichtiger als Geld, Macht und Erfolg. All dies berichtet der Pakistani dem Amerikaner, dessen Motivation an dem Gespräch im Dunkeln bleibt. Allein im Spiegel des Erzählers zeichnet sich ab, dass der grausame Höhepunkt der Geschichte kurz bevorsteht.

Bienvenidos a Occidente es una bellísima fábula sobre los refugiados, una novela con una sólida posición ética que nos cuestiona en qué mundo queremos vivir. Por Mohsin Hamid, uno de los autores más reputados de la actualidad UNO DE LOS 100 MEJORES LIBROS DEL SIGLO XXI SEGÚN THE NEW YORK TIMES UNO DE LOS 10 LIBROS QUE HAY QUE LEER PARA ENTENDER EL MUNDO SEGÚN LA UNIVERSIDAD DE HARVARD La historia de amor furtivo de Nadia y Said tiene lugar en una ciudad llena de puntos de control y bombas. Es un laberinto humano donde, al empezar la guerra civil, surgen extrañas habladurías: «rumores sobre puertas que podían llevarlo a uno a otro lugar, concretamente a lugares remotos, alejados de aquella trampa mortal de país». En una historia épica de tremenda actualidad, esta insólita pareja de amantes huirá para recalar primero en Mikonos y luego ir desplazándose hacia el oeste, compartiendo el periplo vital de millones de personas que sufren en sus carnes el rechazo (o, en ocasiones, la bienvenida) de Occidente. Reseñas: «Dinámica y lapidaria. Una novela absorbente.» Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times «Elegante y actual. Hamid es un escritor tan romántico como político: en el centro de sus novelas siempre late una historia de amor.» Louis Wise, The Sunday Times «Una obra maestra, que estira los límites de lo verosímil para hablar del lugar en el mundo que ocupan inmigrantes y refugiados. Pero es también una novela asentada en lo real. Un libro bellísimo.» Michael Chabon «En el corazón de la novela, la cuestión moral sobre los derechos migratorios llega donde ninguna otra obra ha llegado todavía.» Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic «Impresionante. Bienvenidos a Occidente confirma la reputación de Hamid como ventrílocuo genial e implicado en los asuntos más urgentes de nuestro tiempo.» Andrew Motion, The Guardian «Extraordinaria.» Zadie Smith «Lo que sitúa a Bienvenidos a Occidente en la élite de la novela contemporánea es su manera de narrar, como ningún otro libro, lo que está sucediendo hoy y forma parte ya de la Historia.» Davide Piacenza, Rivista Studio «Necesitamos más escritores como Hamid. No nos conduce a la utopía, sino a la puerta de un futuro cercano donde se entrevén siluetas de forasteros: solo hay que cruzar el umbral y conocerlos.» Viet Thanh Nguyen

One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century FINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE & WINNER OF THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE “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 “Moving, audacious, and indelibly human.” —Entertainment Weekly, “A” rating 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. 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. . . . 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.

From the bestselling author of How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, and Exit West, coming in March 2017, “a near-perfect essay collection, filled with insight, compassion, and intellect." (NPR) Mohsin Hamid’s brilliant, moving, and extraordinarily clever novels have not only made him an international bestseller, they have earned him a reputation as a “master critic of the modern global condition” (Foreign Policy). His stories are at once timeless and of-the-moment, and his themes are universal: love, language, ambition, power, corruption, religion, family, identity. Here he explores this terrain from a different angle in essays that deftly counterpoise the personal and the political, and are shot through with the same passion, imagination, and breathtaking shifts of perspective that gives his fiction its unmistakable electric charge. A “water lily” who has called three countries on three continents his home—Pakistan, the birthplace to which he returned as a young father; the United States, where he spent his childhood and young adulthood; and Britain, where he married and became a citizen—Hamid writes about overlapping worlds with fluidity and penetrating insight. Whether he is discussing courtship rituals or pop culture, drones or the rhythms of daily life in an extended family compound, he transports us beyond the scarifying headlines of an anxious West and a volatile East, beyond stereotype and assumption, and helps to bring a dazzling diverse global culture within emotional and intellectual reach.

At A CafÉ Table In Lahore, A Bearded Pakistani Man Converses With An American Stranger. As Dusk Deepens To Dark, He Begins The Tale That Has Brought Him To This Fateful Meeting . . . Among The Brightest And Best Of His Graduating Class At Princeton,Changez Is Snapped Up By Underwood And Samson, An Elite Firm Thatspecializes In &Lsquo;Valuation&Rsquo; Of Companies Ripe For Acquisition. He Thriveson New York And The Intensity Of His Work, And His Infatuation Withthe Beautiful Erica Promises Entry Into Manhattan Society At The Sameexalted Level Once Occupied By His Own Family Back In Lahore. But Inthe Wake Of September 11, He Finds His Position In The City He Lovessuddenly Overturned, And His Budding Relationship With Erica Eclipsedby The Reawakened Ghosts Of Her Past. And Changez&Rsquo;S Own Identity Isin Seismic Shift As Well, Unearthing Allegiances More Fundamental Thanmoney, Power, And Perhaps Even Love. The Reluctant Fundamentalist Is A Riveting And Devastating Exploration Of Our Divided And Yet Ultimately Indivisible World, Withechoes Of Fitzgerald And Camus. &Lsquo;Mohsin Hamid&Rsquo;S Exceptionally Taut And Gripping Novel Gently Explores The Fault Lines Between The American West And The Islamic East. Hamid Seems To Have Pulled Off The Near Impossible. This Is A Meditative Novel Written In An Introspective Manner&Hellip;But This Is Also A Deeply Suspenseful Work, The Sense Of Anticipation Heightened By Hamid&Rsquo;S Wonderful Use Of Restraint&Rsquo;&Mdash;Mukund Padmanabhan In The Hindu &Lsquo;A Brilliant Book. With Spooky Restraint And Masterful Control, Hamid Unpicks The Underpinnings Of The Most Recent Episode Of Distrust Between East And West. But His Book Does Not Merely Excel In Capturing A Developing Bitterness. The Narrative Is Balanced By A Love As Powerful As The Sinister Forces Gathering, Even When It Recedes Into A Phantom Of Hope. It Is This Balance, And The Constant Negotiation Of The Political With The Personal, That Creates A Nuanced And Complex Portrait Of A Reluctant Fundamentalist&Rsquo;&Mdash;Kiran Desai, Author Of The Inheritance Of Loss &Lsquo;A Quietly Told, Cleverly Constructed Fable Of Infatuation And Disenchantment With America&Hellip;Astute Cultural Observation At Which Hamid Excels. An Intelligent, Highly Engaging Piece Of Work&Rsquo;&Mdash; James Lasdun In The Guardian

Lahore, Pakistan, de nos jours. Un homme est assis à la terrasse d''un café. Le jeune Tchenguiz l''aborde, croyant reconnaître en lui un Américain. D''emblée il lui dit son amour inconditionnel des Etats-Unis, s''assied à côté de lui, puis se lance dans un long récit. Il raconte comment il a accompli son rêve d''enfance en partant faire ses études aux Etats-Unis. Brillant diplômé de Princeton, engagé sans embûche par une prestigieuse entreprise, il a aussi rencontré l''amour : Erica, blonde aux yeux bleus. Bref, une success story à l''américaine, et un modèle d''intégration. Mais un jour, le 11 septembre 2001, tout a basculé. Ce fut le début d''une longue fuite en avant. Dans ce monologue tout en fausse candeur, Moshin Hamid pose des questions humaines, sociales et politiques fondamentales sur notre monde actuel, sur les relations entre les peuples et les individus, et sur le sens toujours trouble de nos identités et de nos ambitions.

"Sådan bliver du stinkende rig i det nye Asien" er både en medrivende fortælling om kærlighed og kampen for at lykkes og en rå oprørende skildring af et kynisk samfund, der bygger på den stærkes ret. En dreng fødes i en landsby i et land, som kunne være Pakistan. At blive i landsbyen indebærer et hårdt og fattigt liv med en voldsom, alt for tidlig, afslutning. Men vores hovedperson har en anden skæbne foran sig. En skæbne, der drives frem af fortælleren: At blive stinkende rig er muligt, ja, men det kræver opofrelse. Drengen gør alting rigtig. Han flytter til storbyen, uddanner sig, skaffer sig beskyttelse til gengæld for loyalitet. Han arbejder hårdt – konstant. Han opbygger et forretningsimperium ved at adlyde fortællerens råd: undgå idealister, vær forberedt på at bruge vold, og, vigtigst af alt, bliv aldrig forelsket. For dette er også en historie om kærlighed, om en dreng og en pige, som gennem hele deres liv har en stærk længsel efter hinanden, og hvis veje krydses gang på gang. De er ofre for en orden, som kræver at de accepterer at alt er til salg. Mandens ægteskab bliver en katastrofe, den smukke pige lever alene. Til den dag alting styrter sammen. "Sådan bliver du stinkende rig i det nye Asien” er en kærlighedshistorie forklædt som selvhjælpsguide. En dannelsesroman om en stræber, hvis hele tilværelse balancerer på en knivsæg, fra han som fattig, syg og sultende dreng fra landet ender som succesrig og styrtende rig ’tycoon’ – i et land som kunne være Pakistan. ”En globaliseret udgave af Den store Gatsby ... Mohsin Hamids roman er faktisk så god.” - NPR

Come puoi, tu, nato povero e fragile in un villaggio di campagna dell''Asia «emergente», diventare un magnate nel campo, piú o meno legale, della creazione, imbottigliamento e vendita di acqua minerale? Ci riuscirai, sta'' sicuro, in dodici semplici passi. E se per ottenere questo obiettivo dovrai rinunciare all''amore, schivare l''idealismo, scendere a patti con militari e malavitosi, corrompere e truffare, la domanda che devi porti forse è questa: riuscirai dopotutto a essere felice?

Es ist Sommer in Lahore, und die Erde wackelt, weil unter ihrer Oberfläche Atombomben getestet werden. Doch der 29-jährige Daru hat ganz andere Probleme, nachdem er den gut bezahlten Job bei einer Bank verloren hat. Weil er die Stromrechnung nicht mehr bezahlen kann, sitzt er schwitzend und bei Kerzenlicht in seiner Bude und raucht alles, was er kriegen kann. Als Darus Freund Ozi, der mit seiner schönen Frau Mumtaz aus Amerika zurückgekehrt ist, erfährt, dass Daru sein Geld mit Drogen verdient und damit endgültig die gesellschaftlichen Seiten gewechselt hat, wendet er sich von ihm ab. Aber Mumtaz ist noch fasziniert von Daru und Daru von ihr – wie Nachtschmetterlinge flattern sie im Licht ihrer ehebrecherischen Anziehung. Und während Mumtaz unter falschem Namen politische Skandale aufdeckt, gerät Daru immer weiter auf die schiefe Bahn ...

En raffinerad liten roman om en stor fråga. Dagens Nyheter Den unge pakistaniern Changez kommer till USA som en mönsterimmigrant: elituniversitet, prestigejobb på Manhattan, en älskad flickvän och eleganta vänner. Men efter den 11 september förändras allt och Changez märker hur pengar, makt och kärlek förlorar i betydelse. Changez berättar själv sin historia under en kväll på ett café i Lahore. Mannen som lyssnar är amerikan, en besvärad och tyst åhörare. Boken är en modern Tusen och en natt där denna kvälls berättelse handlar om krafterna som kan få en ung, välutbildad och framgångsrik man att gå rakt in i religiös fundamentalism. Mohsin Hamid, född 1971, växte upp i Pakistan och flyttade till USA och läste vid Princeton och Harvard. Den ovillige fundamentalisten blev hans internationella genombrott och har filmatiserats i regi av Mira Nair. Så blir du snuskigt rik i det snabbväxande Asien är hans tredje bok på svenska, efter Den ovillige fundamentalisten (2007) och Nattsvärmare (2004). En fasansfull berättelse om hur det är att leva i ett USA där varje muslim får bära ett individuellt ansvar för elfte september. Expressen Det som gör denna parafras på Camus Fallet så oavvislig är den samtidigt svalt behärskade och glödande intensiva prosan. Aftonbladet En raffinerad liten roman om en stor fråga. Dagens Nyheter

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is Mohsin Hamid''s spectacular, thought-provoking novel of modern Asia In this keenly-awaited follow-up to his bestselling The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid confirms his place as a radically inventive story-teller with his finger on the world''s pulse. 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 youths all over ''rising Asia''. It follows its nameless hero to the sprawling metropolis where he begins to amass an empire built on the most fluid and increasingly scarce of goods: water. Yet his heart remains set on something else, on the pretty girl whose star rises alongside his, their paths crossing and re-crossing in a love affair sparked and snuffed out again by the forces that careen their fates along. The hero of the story could be any one of us, hungry for a different life. And ours too could be the fate that awaits him . . . Fast-paced, vivid and emotionally absorbing, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia creates two unforgettable characters who find moments of transcendent intimacy in the midst of shattering change. Praise for How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia: ''Even more intriguing, compelling and moving than The Reluctant Fundamentalist. A marvellous book'' Philip Pullman ''This brilliantly structured, deeply felt book is written with the confidence and bravura of a man born to write. Hamid is at the peak of his considerable powers here, and delivers a tightly paced, preternaturally wise book about a thoroughly likable, thoroughly troubled striver in the messiest, most chaotic ring of global economy. Completely unforgettable'' Dave Eggers ''Mohsin Hamid is one of the best writers in the world, period. Only a master could have written this propulsive tale of a striver living on the knife''s edge, a noir Horatio Alger story for our frenetic, violent times'' Ben Fountain ''Written in the most compelling second person since Jay McInerney''s Bright Lights, Big City, with which it also shares a sharp take on our frenetic, urban lives, Hamid''s novel proves that the most compelling fiction today is coming from South Asia'' Daily Beast Mohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke. His fiction has been adapted for the cinema, translated into over 30 languages, received numerous awards, and been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has contributed essays and short stories to publications such as the Guardian, The New York Times, Financial Times, Granta, and the New Yorker. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between Lahore, London and New York.

De naamloze held van Hoe word je stinkend rijk in het nieuwe Azië? weet langzaam rijkdom te vergaren in een reusachtige metropool door zich te richten op de verkoop van een steeds schaarser wordend goed: water. Maar zijn hart ligt elders, namelijk bij een mooi meisje wier opmars in het leven vergelijkbaar is met het zijne. Hun wegen kruisen zich en splitsen zich, om vervolgens toch weer samen te komen. Hoe word je stinkend rijk in het nieuwe Azië? is een opvallende en actuele roman over een tijd van grote verandering. Hamid creëerde in dit zeer originele boek over hoop en geweld twee onvergetelijke personages die te midden van al het tumult standvastigheid vinden in hun liefde voor elkaar.

Het leven van de wieg tot het graf van een man die een succesvol zakenman probeert te worden in een grote Aziatische stad vol corruptie, geweld, vriendjespolitiek, uitbuiting en armoede.

The debut novel from the internationally bestselling author of Exit West and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, both shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Moth Smoke, Mohsin Hamid’s deftly conceived first novel, immediately marked him as an uncommonly gifted and ambitious young literary talent to watch when it was published in 2000. It tells the story of Daru Shezad, who, fired from his banking job in Lahore, begins a decline that plummets the length of Hamid’s sharply drawn, subversive tale. Fast-paced and unexpected, Moth Smoke was ahead of its time in portraying a contemporary Pakistan far more vivid and complex than the exoticized images of South Asia then familiar to the West. It established Mohsin Hamid as an internationally important writer of substance and imagination and the premier Pakistani author of our time, a promise he has amply fulfilled with each successive book. This debut novel, meanwhile, remains as compelling and deeply relevant to the moment as when it appeared more than a decade ago.

The New York Times bestselling novel, Mohsin Hamid''s The Reluctant Funamentalist is brilliant and powerful, and now a major motion picture! The Reluctant Fundamentalist is the story of Changez, a young, Princeton-educated Pakistani who goes on to work at a prestigious financial analysis firm in New York City and falls in love with a woman from the upper echelons of New York society. He seems to have achieved the American dream--until 9/11 devastates the city. As the woman and city he loves suffer from new wounds and old scars, Changez finds that his place in society had shifted. With the world seemingly crumbling in front of him, Changez must decide where his true loyalties lie--with his adopted country or his homeland.

Een jonge Pakistaan begint een succesvolle carrière in New York, maar beseft steeds duidelijker dat hij uit een andere cultuur komt waaruit hij zich niet kan losmaken.