 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Mohsin Hamid |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Mohsin Hamid |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton (UK) Riverhead Books (US) |
Publication date | March 2017 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 229 |
| Awards | Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, Aspen Words Literary Prize |
| ISBN | 978-0735212206 |
| OCLC | 1014146826 |
Exit West is a 2017 novel by Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid. It is Hamid's fourth novel. The main themes of the novel are emigration and refugee problems.[1] The novel, which can be considered fantasy or speculative fiction,[2] is about a young couple, Saeed and Nadia, who live in an unnamed city undergoing civil war and finally have to flee, using a system of magical doors that lead to different locations around the globe.[3]
Scholars have analyzed Exit West for its suggestions about global politics, use of technology, and calls for better treatment of the environment.[4]
Exit West won Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (2017)[5] and Aspen Words Literary Prize (2018)[6][7] and was shortlisted for a number of other awards.
- ^ Sandhu, Sukhdev (12 March 2017). "Exit West by Mohsin Hamid – magical vision of the refugee crisis". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Gilbert, Sophie (8 March 2017). "Exit West and the Edge of Dystopia". The Atlantic. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Poetics of Migration Trauma in Mohsin Hamid's "Exit West"".
- ^ "L.A. Times Book Prize - Fiction". Awards Archive. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ Schaub, Michael (28 February 2022). "Finalists for Aspen Words Literary Prize Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ Arias, Patricia de (18 April 2018). "Awards: Aspen Words Literary; Neukom Institute Literary Arts". Shelf Awareness. Retrieved 2 March 2022.