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By: Mohsin Hamid

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  • CategoryFiction
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages240
  • Published2014
  • File size6.9 MB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9781594633652

Key ideas from the book

  • Explore how personal experience and political events intersect.
  • Consider contemporary life across Pakistan, the United States, and Britain.
  • Encounter reflections on art, politics, and the war on terror.
  • Read commentary on subjects ranging from courtship and popular culture to drones and family life.
  • Gain perspectives on global culture that move beyond stereotypes and assumptions.

About Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London by Mohsin Hamid

In this essay collection, Mohsin Hamid considers life, art, politics, and the war on terror through writing that brings personal experience into conversation with public events. His reflections range across Pakistan, the United States, and Britain, places that have each been home to him.

Hamid writes about subjects including courtship, popular culture, drones, and everyday life in an extended family compound. Readers interested in contemporary essays, international perspectives, and commentary that challenges easy assumptions about East and West will find a thoughtful account of overlapping worlds.

About Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid is a Pakistani author and essayist known for his thought-provoking narratives that explore themes of identity, migration, and globalization. His notable works include "The Reluctant Fundamentalist," which examines the complexities of post-9/11 America through the eyes of a Pakistani man, and "Exit West," a novel that uses magical realism to address the refugee experience. Hamid's writing often blends personal and political elements, reflecting his deep engagement with contemporary…

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