Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
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English - January 20, 2021 17:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFiction Arts Books books adult fiction adult non-fiction audiobooks calvert library Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Enjoy our presentation of Exit West, written by Mohsin Hamid and published by Riverhead Books. 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.
Exit West has received many accolades, including Entertainment Weekly’s 10 Best Novels of the Decade and the Aspen World Literary Prize.
Please be advised, Exit West contains violence and racism.
This title is available in both ebook and audiobook format through Libby.
Libby eBook - https://www.overdrive.com/media/2814358/exit-west
Libby Audio - https://www.overdrive.com/media/2812965/exit-west
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