Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017.
An extraordinary story of love and hope from the bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
In a city swollen by refugees but still mostly at peace, or at least not yet openly at war, Saeed and Nadia lock eyes across their classroom. After a while, they talk, he makes her smile and they start to fall in love. They try not to notice the sound of bombs getting closer every night, the radio announcing new laws, the curfews and the public executions.
Eventually the problem is too big to ignore: it’s not safe for Nadia to live alone and she must move in with Saeed, even though they are not married, and that too is a problem. Meanwhile, rumours are spreading of strange black doors in secret places across the city, doors that lead to London or San Francisco, Greece or Dubai. One day soon the time will come for Nadia and Saeed to seek out one such door, joining the great outpouring of those fleeing a collapsing city, hoping against hope, looking for their place in the world.
One of The New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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One of The New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyFINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE & WINNER OF THE L.A. They embark on a furtive love affair, and are soon cloistered in a premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city.
Exit West features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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Exit West was written by Mohsin Hamid and published by Riverhead Books an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group
Exit West has 231 pages
