Mohsin Hamid

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Antonio Tabucchi

Professor Patrick Creagh

Pereira Maintains

"Changez is living an immigrant's dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by the elite valuation firm of Underwood Samson. He thrives on the energy of New York, and his budding romance with elegant, beautiful Erica promises entry into Manhattan society at the same exalted level once occupied by his own family back in Lahore. But in the wake of September 11, Changez finds his position in his adopted city suddenly overturned and his relationship with Erica eclipsed by the reawakened ghosts of her past. And Changez's own identity is in seismic shift as well, unearthing allegiances more fundamental than money, power, and maybe even love"--Book jacket.

The reluctant fundamentalist

Exit West [Paperback] MOHSIN HAMID

Roman

Der letzte weiße Mann

Uma história de amor e de esperança em meio à guerra. Eleito um dos dez melhores livros do ano de 2017 pelo jornal The New York Times e pela revista Time, entre outras publicações. Numa cidade não nomeada, os jovens Saeed e Nadia iniciam um romance constrangido pelas pressões religiosas e sacudido pela crescente violência de uma guerra civil. Quando ouvem rumores da existência de portais clandestinos que levam a outros países, eles resolvem se arriscar numa aventura sem volta. Ao lado dos protagonistas, o leitor é levado aos mais diversos cenários geográficos e humanos, numa jornada vertiginosa e cheia de surpresas. "Uma visão mágica da crise dos refugiados" é como o jornal britânico The Guardian definiu Passagem para o Ocidente. Por sua mistura singular de realismo e fantasia, bem como por sua prosa precisa e contundente, o livro foi um dos finalistas do Man Booker Prize e considerado um dos melhores de 2017 por publicações como o jornal The New York Times e a revista Time.

Um romance

Passagem para o Ocidente

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.

The Last White Man

Nero Pakistan

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, 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"--

A Novel

Exit West

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.

Hoe word je stinkend rijk in het nieuwe Azië?

Fascynująca opowieść o człowieku pochodzącym z ubogiej wsi, który w świecie podejrzanych przedsiębiorców i skorumpowanych polityków, w świecie opanowanym przez bezduszność, obojętność i anonimowość, poszukuje nie tylko recepty na bogactwo, ale i chwil prawdziwej bliskości. Bezimienny bohater Hamida podejmuje się różnych, zajęć, często nielegalnych, by zrealizować swoje marzenia. I te o pieniądzach i te o miłości. Całe życie pragnie też jednej kobiety. Kochankowie schodzą się jednak i oddalają, przyciągani wspólną przyszłością i rozdzielani pragnieniem ucieczki od niej. Ta wyjątkowa powieść, wykorzystując formę poradnika, odmienia charakter współpracy między czytelnikiem i tekstem, prowadząc do pytań o to, czy jesteśmy w stanie sami sobie pomóc, w jakim stopniu możemy kontrolować nasz los i jaką cenę trzeba zapłacić, żeby stać się obrzydliwie bogatym… „Pisarz, który wspina się na wyżyny własnego talentu, w dodatku ma do opowiedzenia doskonałą historię”. The Guardian

Jak zostać obrzydliwie bogatym w rozwijającej się Azji...

From the internationally bestselling author of Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change 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. 'Gorgeously crafted . . . The Last White Man concludes on a note of hope, a door jarred open just enough to let transcendence pour through' O, the Oprah Magazine 'The electric premise, borrowed from Kafka's The Metamorphosis, looks set to update a classic to make it urgently relevant' Evening Standard Praise for Exit West 'Hamid's enticing strategy is to foreground the humanity. . . . [He] exploits fiction's capacity to elicit empathy and identification to imagine a better world.' - The New York Times Book Review 'Lyrical and urgent . . . peels away the dross of bigotry to expose the beauty of our common humanity.' - O, the Oprah Magazine 'Powerful, vivid, poignant . . . Hamid is the master' The Sunday Times 'Astonishing' Zadie Smith '[An] exceptionally moving and powerful novel' The Guardian

In Lahore, Daru Shezad is a junior banker with a hashish habit. When his old friend Ozi moves back to Pakistan, Daru wants to be happy for him. Ozi has everything: a beautiful wife and child, an expensive foreign education - and a corrupt father who bankrolls his lavish lifestyle. As jealousy sets in, Daru's life slowly unravels. He loses his job. Starts lacing his joints with heroin. Becomes involved with a criminally-minded rickshaw driver. And falls in love with Ozi's lonely wife. But how low can Daru sink? Is he guilty of the crime he finds himself on trial for?

Moth Smoke

Originally published in hardccover in 2015 by Riverhead Books.

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