@newsthump
Here's a moving intelligent read using this imagery so well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_West
#ExitWest #MohsinHamid

#mohsinHamid #migration #immigration #stories
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct3c7l?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

"In a city swollen by refugees but still mostly at peace, or at least not yet openly at war, a young man met a young woman in a classroom and did not speak to her."
first sentence of "Exit West" by #MohsinHamid on #isbnmaschine
https://www.isbn-maschine.de/978-0-241-97906-8-first-sentence.php

"He nodded and said if she had an evening free he would take her, it was a sight worth seeing in this life, and she shut her eyes and said she would like that very much, and they rose [...]"
last sentence of "Exit West" by #MohsinHamid on #isbnmaschine
https://www.isbn-maschine.de/978-0-241-97906-8-last-sentence.php

Ich lese grade das neue Buch von #mohsinhamid "the last white man" und bin schon wieder hin und weg. Dicke #buchempfehlung "exit West" von ihm ist glaub eins meiner absoluten Lieblingsbücher

The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wonderful book. Thought provoking, powerful and ambitious. I felt it could have gone a little deeper but overall a great read. I highly recommend it. #booktoot #bookstodon #mohsinhamid #tbr #thelastwhiteman #readerlife