Exit West is a 2017 novel by British Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid that can be read as fantasy or speculative fiction. It follows Saeed and Nadia, a young couple in an unnamed city under civil war who ultimately flee through a system of magical doors that open onto different locations around the globe. Its central themes are emigration and the refugee experience, and scholars have examined the novel for its treatment of global politics, technology, and calls for better treatment of the environment. It won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction in 2017 and the Aspen Words Literary Prize in 2018, and was shortlisted for a number of other awards. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Where does Exit West fall among Mohsin Hamid's novels?
It is the fourth of Hamid's novels listed in its article, after Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia.
Exit West, published in 2017, followed Moth Smoke (2000), The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (2013). All four stories focus on the experiences and journeys of characters originally from Pakistan.
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Exit West won Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (2017)
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Exit West is a 2017 novel by British-Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid.
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Exit West is a 2017 novel by British-Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid. The novel, which can be considered fantasy or speculative fiction, is about a young couple, Saeed and Nadia, who live in an unnamed city undergoing civil war and finally have to flee, using a system of magical doors that lead to different locations around the globe. The main themes of the novel are emigration and refugee problems.
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Exit West is a 2017 novel by British-Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid.
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