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The Reluctant Fundamentalist / Mohsin Hamid.

Summary:

At the table sit two men: a young Pakistani named Changez and an unnamed American. Only Changez speaks, and his mesmerizing monologue relates his story, beginning with his happy days at Princeton and continuing through his initial success as a well-paid financial analyst. His budding romance with Erica, a beautiful fellow Princetonian, runs in counterpoint to the early promise of his career. Then come the attacks of September 11. Over the next few months, slowly but inexorably, the innocence of Changez's ambition is shadowed by his experience of the unexpected political present -- and by his altered understanding of his Pakistani past. As his career crumbles and Erica is consumed by her own demons, Changez's sense of his identity fractures under the strain of conflicting impulses of pride, passion, and loyalty. He returns to his homeland, and the complexity of his new life there is reflected in the alternating currents of his voice; ingratiating, insinuating, articulate, respectful, blunt, affecting, and, last but not least, sinister -- as he leads his companion toward an uncertain yet ominous conclusion.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780151013043
  • ISBN: 0151013047
  • ISBN: 0156034026
  • Physical Description: 184 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: Orlando : Harcourt, [2007]

Content descriptions

Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8 8 118797.
Subject:
Pakistani Americans > Fiction.
Race discrimination > Fiction.
Self-perception > Fiction.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.

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