Exit west : a novel / Mohsin Hamid.
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TextPublication details: New York : Riverhead Books, 2018; �2017Edition: 1st Riverhead trade pbk. edDescription: 231 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780735212206Subject(s): Refugees -- FictionGenre/Form: Romance fiction.DDC classification: 813/.54 LOC classification: PS3558.A42169 | E95 2018Summary: "In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet--sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, thrust into premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors--doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price. As violence and the threat of violence escalate, Nadia and Saeed decide that they no longer have a choice. Leaving their homeland and their old lives behind, they find a door and step through"--Provided by publisher.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | FIC/HAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500061524 |
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Library Journal Starred, February 2017
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New York Times, March 2017
"In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet--sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, thrust into premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors--doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price. As violence and the threat of violence escalate, Nadia and Saeed decide that they no longer have a choice. Leaving their homeland and their old lives behind, they find a door and step through"--Provided by publisher.
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