Nadia and Saeed
About this book
Exerpt ftom "Exit West""Exit West, Mohsin Hamid’s fourth novel, begins as many love stories do. Two young people meet. They are opposites — a fierce sensualist who has bucked family and tradition for an independent life; a quieter, more restrained soul who lives at home and prefers to wait until marriage to have sex. Like strangers everywhere who are drawn to each other, each arouses hopes and expectations in each other — and in us — that they may or may not fulfill. But unlike strangers everywhere — or like those in some parts of the world and not others — this romance that may or may not bud takes place in a city that is on the brink of coming undone." - Rebecca Saletan About the Author: Mohsin Hamid is the internationally bestselling author of Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Discontent and its Civilizations, and his new novel, Exit West. His award-winning novels have been adapted for the cinema, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and translated into more than thirty languages. His essays and short stories have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New Yorker, among many other publications. Hamid now resides in Lahore, his birthplace, after living for a number of years in New York and London. About the Guest Editor: Rebecca Saletan is vice president and editorial director of Riverhead Books. About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature’s weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction. Recommended Reading is supported by the Amazon Literary Partnership, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. For other links from Electric Literature, follow us, or sign up for our eNewsletter.