Exit West
- Criticism of the Works of Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short-Story Writers, and Other Creative Writers Who Liv
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- Bog, hardback
- Engelsk
- 240 sider
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I et land på randen til borgerkrig møder to unge mennesker hinanden - den sensuelle, selvstændige Nadia og den blide, beherskede Saeed. Parret begiver de sig ud på en storslået, hemmelig kærlighedsaffære, og da uroen eskalerer i deres by, har de intet andet valg end at klynge sig til hinanden.
Mens byen falder fra hinanden og velkendte gader bliver gjort uigenkendelige af bombeangreb, spredes der et rygte om mystiske døres eksistens. Døre, der kan føre én langt bort - for en vis pris.
I "Exit West" beslutter Nadia og Saeed sig for at flygte. De har ikke længere noget valg. Parat til at lade deres hjemland og deres gamle liv bag sig, finder de en dør og træder over tærskelen sammen...
"Exist West" følger parret på deres farefulde og underfundige rejse, der fører dem ind i en fremmed og usikker fremtid, hvor de må gøre alt de kan for at beholde deres kærlighed til hinanden og deres selvfornemmelser.
Detaljer
- SprogEngelsk
- Sidetal240
- Udgivelsesdato07-03-2017
- ISBN139780735212176
- Forlag Riverhead Books
- FormatHardback
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10 cm
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Ulla D 6 19/01/2018
I'll admit it: I am completely infatuated with Mohsin Hamid. Everything he writes is exquisite, and Exit West is no exception. I pre-ordered it months before it was actually published and it far exceeded my very big expectations. This is in my view an extremely important book that explores why people decide to flee their home countries for freedom and safety, and how hard it is to make such a decision when you know that there is likely no turning back. How it changes you and your relationships in both positive and negative ways, how leaving is almost an act of murder in that you permanently cut out people that you care about from your life. I love everything about this novel; the writing, the characters, the setting in an unspecified country, the love story, and not least the brilliant use of magical realism that reflects how this world has become a very small place. I wish everyone in the western world would have an opportunity to read it.