The Reluctant Fundamentalist (International Edition) - Brossura

Hamid, Mohsin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0156034271 ISBN 13: 9780156034272

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2010

Riassunto

At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, he begins the tale that has brought them to this fateful meeting . . .
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 infatuation 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 budding 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.

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PRAISE FOR MOTH SMOKE
"A rare glimpse into modern-day Pakistan . . . The voices that emerge are sarcastic and sad, a lively lament . . . reminiscent of V. S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie."? CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"Stunning . . . [Hamid] has created a hip page-turner about the mysterious country that both created the sophisticated Benazir Bhutto and hanged her father."? LOS ANGELES TIMES

L'autore:

MOHSIN HAMID grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, and attended Princeton and Harvard. His first novel, Moth Smoke , was a Betty Trask Award winner, PEN/ Hemingway Award finalist, and New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His writing has also appeared in Time, The New York Times, and other publications. He lives in London.

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0156034271
• ISBN 13: 9780156034272
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 192