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Discontent and Its Civilizations by Mohsin Hamid

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Discontent and Its Civilizations

Author
Mohsin Hamid
Narrator
Mohsin Hamid
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publish Date
24 July 2022
Run Time
4 hours 26 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Literary essays, Literary studies: general, Political science and theory

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Discontent and its Civilizations collects the best of Mohsin Hamid's writing on subjects as diverse and wide-ranging as Pakistan; fatherhood; the death of Osama Bin Laden and the writing of The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

Unified by the author's humane, clear-headed and witty voice, the book makes a compelling case for recognizing our common humanity while relishing our diversity - both as readers and citizens; for resisting the artificial mono-identities of religion or nationality or race; and for always judging a country or nation by how it treats its minorities, as 'Each individual human being is, after all, a minority of one'.

© Mohsin Hamid 2014 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Critics Review

  • Accessible, wise and beautifully clear

    Metro

  • Mohsin Hamid is reasonable, intelligent...in short, just the sort of commentator the world could do with right now

    Independent

  • Smart doesn't begin to describe Hamid; he is the sort of thinker that could change hearts and minds

    Booklist

  • In contrast with the debased language of extremism, militarism and nationalism, his is a humane and rational voice demanding a better future

    Sunday Times

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  • Lucid, informative and drily funny, these essays show that Hamid is one of the most perceptive commentators on contemporary global politics

    Sunday Telegraph

  • One of the most talented writers of his generation

    Daily Telegraph

  • Mohsin Hamid is a master critic of the modern global condition, using humanization, wit, parody and other devices to examine how the fast pace of social and economic change has affected the individual

    Foreign Policy

  • Elegantly crafted . . . will delight devotees of his work, and intrigue newcomers. Hamid makes a compelling case for pushing back against the mono-identities of religion, nationality and race and for embracing the things that all human beings share.

    Prospect

  • The new voice of a changing continent. A writer at the top of his game

    Metro

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Details
Author
Mohsin Hamid
Narrator
Mohsin Hamid
Duration
4 hours 26 minutes
Release Date
24 July 2022
ISBN
9780241994061
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Genre
Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Literary essays, Literary studies: general, Political science and theory

Synopsis

Brought to you by Penguin.Discontent and its Civilizations collects the best of Mohsin Hamid's writing on subjects as diverse and wide-ranging as Pakistan; fatherhood; the death of Osama Bin Laden and the writing of The Reluctant Fundamentalist.Unified by the author's humane, clear-headed and witty voice, the book makes a compelling case for recognizing our common humanity while relishing our diversity - both as readers and citizens; for resisting the artificial mono-identities of religion or nationality or race; and for always judging a country or nation by how it treats its minorities, as 'Each individual human being is, after all, a minority of one'.© Mohsin Hamid 2014 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

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