His essays, some collected as Discontent and Its Civilizations, have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. He divides his time between Lahore, New York, and London. Mohsin Hamid is the author of five novels, including the Booker Prize finalists and New York Times bestsellers Exit West and The Reluctant Fundamentalist. In Mohsin Hamid’s “lyrical and urgent” prose ( O Magazine), The Last White Man powerfully uplifts our capacity for empathy and the transcendence over bigotry, fear, and anger it can achieve. As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different shading: a chance at a kind of rebirth-an opportunity to see ourselves, face to face, anew. In many, like Anders’s father and Oona’s mother, a sense of profound loss and unease wars with profound love. Across the land, people are awakening in new incarnations, uncertain how their neighbors, friends, and family will greet them.Some see the transformations as the long-dreaded overturning of the established order that must be resisted to a bitter end. Soon, reports of similar events begin to surface. At first he shares his secret only with Oona, an old friend turned new lover. Overnight, Anders’s skin has turned dark, and the reflection in the mirror seems a stranger to him. One morning, a man wakes up to find himself transformed. “Searing, exhilarating … reimagines Kafka’s iconic The Metamorphosis for our racially charged era.” Hamilton Cain, Oprah Dailyįrom the New York Times-bestselling author of Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change. “Perhaps Hamid’s most remarkable work yet … an extraordinary vision of human possibility.” –Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER BY TIME, ELLE, USA TODAY, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY AND MORE Purchase Ticket (comes with The Last White Man) Purchase Free Ticket About The Last White Man This event is ticketed - you can either choose a free ticket, or purchase a ticket that comes with a copy of the book. This event with these wonderful authors will take place on virtually on Satuday, August 6th at 6pm CST. Danzy Senna is the author of several books, including her first novel and bestseller, Caucasia, and her most recent novel, New People. We will be celebrating his newest book, The Last White Man. Mohsin Hamid is the author of five novels, including the Booker Prize finalists and New York Times bestsellers Exit West and The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Watermark Books & Cafe is excited to be part of a multi-bookstore virtual event with Mohsin Hamid, in conversation with Danzy Senna.

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