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Exit West

A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick – Booker Prize Gems
By Mohsin Hamid
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Exit West by Mohsin Hamid is a thought-provoking novel that follows the journey of a young couple, Saeed and Nadia, as they escape from their war-torn country through mysterious doors that transport them to different parts of the world. As they navigate the challenges of displacement and uncertain futures, the story explores themes of love, identity, and the transformative power of migration in an increasingly globalised world.
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You might enjoy this book if you are captivated by stories that intertwine romance and migration in a magical realist setting. It follows a couple navigating a world in turmoil, exploring themes of love, displacement, and hope with imaginative storytelling. If you're drawn to narratives that blend the personal with the global, this book may resonate with you.

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Exit West

Traditonal Chinese version of Exit West, a novel about migration and mutation, full of wormholes and rips in reality, begins as it mostly doesn't go on.

An unforgettable love story about how we live now - from the bestselling, Man Booker shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

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An extraordinary story of love and hope from the bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

This is Nadia. She is fiercely independent with an excellent sense of humour and a love of smoking alone on her balcony late at night.

This is Saeed. He is sweet and shy and kind to strangers. He also has a balcony but he uses his for stargazing.

This is their story—a love story, but also a story about how we live now and how we might live tomorrow. Saeed and Nadia are falling in love, and their city is falling apart. Here is a world in crisis and two human beings travelling through it.

Exit West is a heartfelt and radical act of hope—a novel to restore your faith in humanity and in the power of imagination.

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Exit West by Mohsin Hamid is highly praised for its crystalline prose and profound meditation on the themes of war, migration, and exile. Critics highlight its ability to blend the real with the surreal, creating a powerful, moving narrative about a couple fleeing civil war. The novel is considered an important, imaginative work that deeply engages with pressing contemporary issues, demonstrating Hamid's skill as a storyteller.

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ISBN: 9780241979068

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 February 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 173g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Mohsin Hamid writes regularly for the New York Times, the Guardian and the New York Review of Books, and is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist (shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize), Moth Smoke, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia and Discontents and Its Civilizations. Born and raised mostly in Lahore, he has since also lived in London and New York.

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