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Exit West

Mohsin Hamid

Start date: June 1, 2022

Finish date: June 21, 2022

Why we're reading this: Exit West is North Side Book Discussion's June selection! This book club will be held in person at North …more
[close] Exit West is North Side Book Discussion's June selection! This book club will be held in person at North Side Library on Tuesday, 6/21 at 1:00 PM. Visit our website or call 515-283-4152 for more details, including current COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions.

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Dec 17, 2017 Courtney rated it really liked it

"...and when the tension receded there was calm, the calm that is called the calm before the storm, but is in reality the foundation of a human life, waiting there for us between the steps of our march to our morality, when we are compelled to pause and not act but be."

This book, with it's flowery language and quiet simplicity tells a story about two people who escape their city during war and must live as migrants through the western world--a world not unlike our own that does not like those wh ...more

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Apr 03, 2018 Merri Monks rated it it was amazing

Shelves: owned-books, 2018-reading-challenge

Exit West, Mohsin Hamid’s spare, beautifully written novel, tells the story of a young couple in an unnamed city, probably predominantly Muslim, and their relationship over a period of 50 years. Nadia is a rarity in her culture—a young woman who lives alone. Saeed, her beloved, lives with his parents. As militants take over their city, they begin to look for an escape route—but being neither wealthy nor influential, their options are extremely limited. But then, doors begin to appear, black hole ...more

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Apr 05, 2017 Kelsi rated it it was amazing

So far the best book I've read all year. The prose is delightful, the story is moving and the ebbs and flow of a migrant couple's relationship as they cross oceans and wrangle with humanity is riveting. ...more

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