Ved et kafébord i Lahore blir en utilpass amerikaner tilsnakket av en pakistansk mann med fullskjegg, som insisterer på å fortelle sin personlige historie. Og mens skumringen bringer de to mennene inn i natten tar fortellingen som fører fram til dette avgjørende møtet form. Det handler om et [...]
"The Reluctant Fundamentalist" is Mohsin Hamid's thrillingly provocative international bestseller. It is shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2007. Now a major film directed by Mira Nair and starring Kate Hudson and Kiefer Sutherland. 'Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have [...]
A young Muslim American, Changez is living the American dream, with an education at an Ivy League college, high-paying job, and romance with Erica, a member of the elite New York social circles, until the events of September 11th turn his life upside down and force him to confront his personal alleg[...]
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is Mohsin Hamid's spectacular, thought-provoking novel of modern Asia. In this keenly-awaited follow-up to his bestselling The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid confirms his place as a radically inventive story-teller with his finger on the world's pulse. T[...]
Discontent and its Civilizations is the essential first collection of non fiction from Mohsin Hamid. Discontent and its Civilizations collects the best of Mohsin Hamid's writing on subjects as diverse and wide-ranging as Pakistan; fatherhood; the death of Osama Bin Laden and the writing of The Reluc[...]
From the author of the novels Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, here is an essential series of dispatches from the East, the West and the In Between. Divided into sections called 'Life', 'Politics' and 'Art', Discontents and its Civilizations collect[...]
"Moth Smoke" is the first novel by Mohsin Hamid, author of "The Reluctant Fundamentalist". 'You know you're in trouble when you can't meet a woman's eye, particularly if the woman happens to be your best friend's wife.' In Lahore, Daru Shezad is a junior banker with a hashish habit. When his old fri[...]
"The Reluctant Fundamentalist" is the award-winning international bestseller by Mohsin Hamid. Now a major motion picture starring Kate Hudson and Kiefer Sutherland shortlisted for the man booker prize 2007. 'Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frighten[...]
Now a major motion picture
Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize
"New York Times" bestseller
"Extreme times call for extreme reactions, extreme writing. Hamid has done something extraordinary with this novel." --"Washington Post"
"One of those achingly assured novels that makes you hap[...]
"Mr. Hamid reaffirms his place as one of his generation's most inventive and gifted writers." -Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"
"A globalized version of "The Great Gatsby ." . . Hamid's] book is nearly that good." -Alan Cheuse, NPR
"Marvelous and moving." -"TIME Magazine"
From [...]
Gjennom 200 sider følger vi en mann bokstavlig talt fra vugge til grav i et samfunn i uregulert sterk økonomisk vekst. Det er på samme tid en medrivende fortelling om kjærlighet og kampen for å lykkes og en beisk og opprørende skildring av et kynisk samfunn bygd på den sterkestes rett.[...]
Så blir du äckligt rik i det snabbväxande Asien är en roman avMohsin Hamid som tidigare skivit Den ovillige fundamentalisten.
En pojke föds på landsbygden i ett land som kan vara Pakistan. Att stanna i byn skulle innebära ett hårt, fattigt liv med ett våldsamt, för tidigt, slut. Men v[...]
Den internationella bästsäljaren bakom filmen!
Den unge pakistaniern Changez kommer till USA som en mönsterimmigrant: elituniversitet, prestigejobb på Manhattan, en älskad flickvän och eleganta vänner. Men efter den 11 september förändras allt och Changez märker hur pengar, [...]
Den unge pakistaniern Changez kommer till USA som en mönsterimmigrant: elituniversitet, prestigejobb på Manhattan, en älskad flickvän och eleganta vänner. Men efter den 11 september förändras allt och Changez märker hur pengar, makt och kärlek förlorar i betydelse. Changez berättar själv[...]
En pojke föds på landsbygden i ett land som kan vara Pakistan. Att stanna i byn skulle innebära ett hårt, fattigt liv och mest troligt ett för tidigt slut. Men vår huvudperson har ett annat öde framför sig. Berättaren driver honom framåt: Att bli snuskigt rik är möjligt, men kräver uppo[...]