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The Last White Man

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From the twice Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Exit West , a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling changeOne morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him. At first he tells only Oona, an old friend, newly a lover.Soon, reports of similar occurrences surface across the land. Some see in the transformations the long-dreaded overturning of an established order, to be resisted to a bitter end. In many, like Anders's father and Oona's mother, a sense of profound loss wars with profound love.As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different a chance to see one another, face to face, anew.'A transformative tale . . . compellingly readable and strangely musical' Guardian'With this big-hearted novel of ideas, Mohsin Hamid confronts challenging truths with insight, wisdom, and - above all else - limitless compassion' Tayari Jones, An American Marriage

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The Last White Man, Mohsin Hamid

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2023
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Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
2023
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In brossura
Pagine
192
ISBN10
0241995558
ISBN13
9780241995556
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From the twice Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Exit West , a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling changeOne morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him. At first he tells only Oona, an old friend, newly a lover.Soon, reports of similar occurrences surface across the land. Some see in the transformations the long-dreaded overturning of an established order, to be resisted to a bitter end. In many, like Anders's father and Oona's mother, a sense of profound loss wars with profound love.As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different a chance to see one another, face to face, anew.'A transformative tale . . . compellingly readable and strangely musical' Guardian'With this big-hearted novel of ideas, Mohsin Hamid confronts challenging truths with insight, wisdom, and - above all else - limitless compassion' Tayari Jones, An American Marriage