From the internationally bestselling author of Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change
One morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him. At first he tells only Oona, an old friend, newly a lover. Soon, reports of similar occurrences surface across the land.
Some see in the transformations the long-dreaded overturning of an established order, to be resisted to a bitter end. In many, like Anders's father and Oona's mother, a sense of profound loss wars with profound love.
As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different shading: a chance to see one another, face to face, anew.
'Gorgeously crafted . . . The Last White Man concludes on a note of hope, a door jarred open just enough to let transcendence pour through' O, the Oprah Magazine
'The electric premise, borrowed from Kafka's The Metamorphosis, looks set to update a classic to make it urgently relevant' Evening Standard
'A hypnotic race fable . . . In the hands of such a deft and humane writer as Hamid, a bizarre construct is moved far beyond any mere 'what if'' Guardian
Biografie
Mohsin Hamid, geboren 1971, wuchs in Lahore, Pakistan, auf, studierte Jura in Princeton und Harvard und arbeitete in New York. Für seinen ersten Roman »Nachtschmetterlinge« erhielt er den Betty-Trask-Preis, sein Debüt wurde außerdem für den PEN/Hemingway Award nominiert und von der New York Times auf die Liste der bedeutendsten Bücher des Jahres 2000 gewählt. Hamid schreibt u.a. für Time, Guardian und New York Times. Er lebt in London.