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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Mohsin Hamid |
ISBN: | 9780241146323 0241146321 |
OCLC Number: | 922021446 |
Notes: | Originally published: 2014. |
Description: | xix, 188 pages ; 20 cm |
Other Titles: | Essays. |
Responsibility: | Mohsin Hamid. |
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Accessible, wise and beautifully clear * Metro * Mohsin Hamid is reasonable, intelligent...in short, just the sort of commentator the world could do with right now * Independent * Smart doesn't begin to describe Hamid; he is the sort of thinker that could change hearts and minds * Booklist * In contrast with the debased language of extremism, militarism and nationalism, his is a humane and rational voice demanding a better future * Sunday Times * Lucid, informative and drily funny, these essays show that Hamid is one of the most perceptive commentators on contemporary global politics * Sunday Telegraph * One of the most talented writers of his generation * Daily Telegraph * Mohsin Hamid is a master critic of the modern global condition, using humanization, wit, parody and other devices to examine how the fast pace of social and economic change has affected the individual * Foreign Policy * Elegantly crafted . . . will delight devotees of his work, and intrigue newcomers. Hamid makes a compelling case for pushing back against the mono-identities of religion, nationality and race and for embracing the things that all human beings share. * Prospect * The new voice of a changing continent. A writer at the top of his game * Metro * Read more...

