Among his reading selections: politically charged novels like The Power, by Naomi Alderman, which depicts a dystopian world where women can emit deadly electrical jolts; and Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and tells the story of refugees transported from th
The Pakistani-British writer Mohsin Hamid for Exit West, about a couple uprooted by turmoil, in an unnamed city swollen by the arrival of refugees. Rather than deploying a documentary of realist narrative, Hamid goes for the human element, the depiction of an emotional landscape, Ms. Young sai
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eorge Saunders' story collection Tenth of December. The shortlist for the award, which selects one work of fiction written in English, won't be announced until Feb. 9, but festival organizers are already promising a broad slate of attendees, including Eimear McBride, Neel Mukherjee and Mohsin Hamid.
nevertheless something we expected to see this year. Though I mourn the omission of personal favourites such as Kate Atkinson and Mohsin Hamid, and had thought, with the jury's taste for experiment and science fiction, that David Peace and Margaret Atwood might be on the list, I am intrigued by the unexpected.
Date: Jul 23, 2013
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mous or even, in Ali's case, before she was published. A few big names have slipped through the cracks because they got into print relatively late Hilary Mantel, Jim Crace and Irvine Welsh, for instance (just as Mohsin Hamid and Tom McCarthy are too old for inclusion this time round). A few have
Date: Apr 16, 2013
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Freeman also lamented the names that could not appear because the writers were just over 40. He mentioned another genre-bender, the fantasy writer China Miville, who turned 40 in September, as well as Mohsin Hamid, Rana Dasgupta, Hisham Matar and Scarlett Thomas.
Date: Apr 15, 2013
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drawn by lot from a 100-strong Folio Academy of "highly respected, award-winning writers and critics from across the globe." It's a high-profile group, dotted with Booker and Pulitzer winners, that includes novelists Margaret Atwood, Pat Barker, Peter Carey, Mohsin Hamid, Junot Diaz and Salman Rushdie.
The second Pakistan related film also making waves is The Reluctant Fundamentalist. The western press is all over director Mira Nairs production of British-Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamids novel. Touching on the subject of Muslims in America in the post 9-11 scenario Hamids protagonists deal with t