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Author | Mohsin Hamid |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Penguin Publishing Group |
Publication date | August 2, 2022 |
ISBN | 9780593538814 |
The Last White Man is a 2022 novel by Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid. It is Hamid's fifth novel. [1] The main themes of the book are love, loss, change, and identity. [2] The Last White Man was longlisted for the 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize. [3] [4]
The novel uses the technique of magical realism, and it is about a white man, Anders, who one morning wakes up to find himself changed to a darker skin color and a different, unfamiliar appearance. Soon, more people begin to experience the same changes, and society finds itself divided and puzzled with questions about race, privilege, loss, love, belonging. [5]
Hamid published a short story on the same theme as 'The Face in the Mirror' in the same year as the novel. [6]
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Author | Mohsin Hamid |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Penguin Publishing Group |
Publication date | August 2, 2022 |
ISBN | 9780593538814 |
The Last White Man is a 2022 novel by Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid. It is Hamid's fifth novel. [1] The main themes of the book are love, loss, change, and identity. [2] The Last White Man was longlisted for the 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize. [3] [4]
The novel uses the technique of magical realism, and it is about a white man, Anders, who one morning wakes up to find himself changed to a darker skin color and a different, unfamiliar appearance. Soon, more people begin to experience the same changes, and society finds itself divided and puzzled with questions about race, privilege, loss, love, belonging. [5]
Hamid published a short story on the same theme as 'The Face in the Mirror' in the same year as the novel. [6]