2008, ISBN: 9780141029542

As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who attacked you. You retreated into myths of your own difference, assumptions of your own supe… More...

As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who attacked you. You retreated into myths of your own difference, assumptions of your own superiority. And you acted out these beliefs on the stage of the world, so that the entire planet was rocked by the repercussions of your tantrums, not least my family, now facing war thousands of miles away. 'Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard. I am a lover of America ...' So speaks the mysterious stranger at a Lahore cafe as dusk settles. Invited to join him for tea, you learn his name and what led this speaker of immaculate English to seek you out. For he is more worldy than you might expect; better travelled and better educated. He knows the West better than you do. And as he tells you his story, of how he embraced the Western dream -- and a Western woman -- and how both betrayed him, so the night darkens. Then the true reason for your meeting becomes abundantly clear ...Challenging, mysterious and thrillingly tense, Mohsin Hamid's masterly The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a vital read teeming with questions and ideas about some of the most pressing issues of today's globalised, fractured world. Mohsin Hamid 's fiction has been translated into over 30 languages, received numerous awards, and been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has contributed essays and short stories to publications such as the Guardian, The New York Times, Financial Times, Granta, and Paris Review. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between Lahore, London, and New York.'Masterful ...A multi-layered and thoroughly gripping book, which works as a poignant love story, a powerful dissection of how US imperialist machinations have turned so many people against the world's superpower - and as a thriller that subtly ratchets up the nerve-jangling tension towards an explosive ending' Metro 'Beautifully written...more exciting than any thriller I've read for a long time' Philip Pullman 'A brilliant book' Kiran Desai 'Admirably spare and amazingly exciting' Rachel Cooke, New Statesman Books Mohsin Hamid|Paperback|Penguin Books Ltd|24/04/2008, Penguin Books Ltd<

2008, ISBN: 0141029544

[EAN: 9780141029542], Neubuch, [SC: 1.7], [PU: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Apr 2008], ENGLISCHE BELLETRISTIK / ROMAN, ERZÄHLUNG; BÜCHER PAKISTAN; NEW YORK CITY ERZÄHLUNG, ESSAY, FEUILLETON, RE… More...

[EAN: 9780141029542], Neubuch, [SC: 1.7], [PU: Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Apr 2008], ENGLISCHE BELLETRISTIK / ROMAN, ERZÄHLUNG; BÜCHER PAKISTAN; NEW YORK CITY ERZÄHLUNG, ESSAY, FEUILLETON, REPORTAGE; FICTION LITERARY; AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE; FAHRENHEIT 451; JONATHAN COE; CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE; YORK; DIRT BY JEANINE CUMMINS; RAY BRADBURY; HOMEGOING YAA GYASI; BOOK CLUB; 10 MINUTES 38 SECONDS IN THIS STRANGE WORLD; THE POWER NAOMI ALDERMAN; GOOD IMMIGRANT; HOME FIRE; OCEAN VUONG; EXIT WEST; KATE HUDSON; AGENT RUNNING FIELD; MIDDLE ENGLAND; GOD OF SMALL THINGS; KAMILA SHAMSIE; TWIN TOWERS; FILTHY RICH; ELIF SHAFAK SECONDS; TAYARI JONES; WE WERE; ALI SMITH SPRING; JHUMPA LAHIRI; JOHN LE CARRE LATEST BOOK; 9/11 BOOKS; POLITICS, Neuware - The internationally bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted portrait of a man caught between conflicting identities and betrayed by the world he has embraced - from the author of Exit WestAdapted as a major film starring Kate Hudson and Kiefer Sutherland'Masterful . . . A poignant love story and a thriller that subtly ratchets up the nerve-jangling tension towards an explosive ending' Metro'Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard. I am a lover of America . . . 'So speaks the mysterious stranger at a Lahore cafe as dusk settles. Invited to join him for tea, you learn his name and what led this speaker of immaculate English to seek you out. For he is more worldy than you might expect; better travelled and better educated. He knows the West better than you do. And as he tells you his story, of how he embraced the Western dream -- and a Western woman -- and how both betrayed him, so the night darkens. Then the true reason for your meeting becomes abundantly clear . . .Challenging, mysterious and thrillingly tense, Mohsin Hamid's masterly The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a vital read teeming with questions and ideas about some of the most pressing issues of today's globalised, fractured world. 224 pp. Englisch, Books<

2008, ISBN: 0141029544

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Kartoniert / Broschiert Englische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung, Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung, Pakistan, New York City / Roman, Erzählung, Essay, Feuilleton, Reportage, FICTION / Literary, Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Politik, New York City, 2000 bis 2009 n. Chr., an american marriage; fahrenheit 451; jonathan coe; chimamanda ngozi adichie; new york; american dirt by jeanine cummins; ray bradbury; homegoing by yaa gyasi; book club; 10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world; the power naomi alderman; the good immigrant; home fire; ocean vuong; exit west; kate hudson; agent running in the field; middle england; god of small things; kamila shamsie; twin towers; filthy rich; elif shafak 10 minutes 38 seconds; tayari jones; we were; ali smith spring; jhumpa lahiri; john le carre latest book; 9/11 books; politics, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Penguin Books Ltd (UK)]<