Exit West

TitleExit West
Year for Search2017
AuthorsHamid, Mohsin(b. 1971)
Date Published2017
PublisherRiverhead Books
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsEnglish author, Pakistani author, US author
Annotation

Refugee dystopia in which refugees are able to move from place to place through “doors.” The novel follows two people from their homeland to the Greek island Mykonos to London to a Marin, a new city created in California. 

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Author Note

The author (b. 1971) was born in Pakistan, was educated in Pakistan and the United States, and lives in England and became a U.K. citizen in 2006.

Full Text

2017 Hamid, Mohsin (b. 1971). Exit West. New York: Riverhead Books. PSt

Refugee dystopia in which refugees are able to move from place to place through “doors.” The novel follows two people from their homeland to the Greek island Mykonos to London to a Marin, a new city created in California. The author was born in Pakistan, was educated in Pakistan and the United States, and lives in England and became a U.K. citizen in 2006.