Discontent and Its Civilizations
Dispatches from Lahore, New York and London
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:6th Aug '15
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Whether writing of his home life, about being a migrant or of today's geopolitical fault lines, Hamid gives us his deeply personal take on life at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Presents a compelling case for recognizing our common humanity while relishing our diversity - both as readers and citizens; for resisting the artificial mono-identities of religion or nationality or race; and for always judging a country or nation by how it treats its minorities, as 'Each individual human being is, after all, a minority of one'.
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 Reluctant Fundamentalist.
Unified by the author's humane, clear-headed and witty voice, the book makes a compelling case for recognizing our common humanity while relishing our diversity - both as readers and citizens; for resisting the artificial mono-identities of religion or nationality or race; and for always judging a country or nation by how it treats its minorities, as 'Each individual human being is, after all, a minority of one'.
Accessible, wise and beautifully clear * Metro *
Mohsin Hamid is reasonable, intelligent...in short, just the sort of commentator the world could do with right now * Independent *
Smart doesn't begin to describe Hamid; he is the sort of thinker that could change hearts and minds * Booklist *
In contrast with the debased language of extremism, militarism and nationalism, his is a humane and rational voice demanding a better future * Sunday Times *
Lucid, informative and drily funny, these essays show that Hamid is one of the most perceptive commentators on contemporary global politics * Sunday Telegraph *
One of the most talented writers of his generation * Daily Telegraph *
Mohsin Hamid is a master critic of the modern global condition, using humanization, wit, parody and other devices to examine how the fast pace of social and economic change has affected the individual * Foreign Policy *
Elegantly crafted . . . will delight devotees of his work, and intrigue newcomers. Hamid makes a compelling case for pushing back against the mono-identities of religion, nationality and race and for embracing the things that all human beings share. * Prospect *
The new voice of a changing continent. A writer at the top of his game * Metro *
ISBN: 9780241146323
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 13mm
Weight: 149g
208 pages