Der Fundamentalist, Der Keiner Sein Wollte
by:
Mohsin Hamid (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9783453405721 (3453405722)
Publish date: 2008
Publisher: Heyne Verlag
Pages no: 192
Edition language: Deutsch
Set as a monologue given by Changez to a man he meets in Lahore – a man who may or may not be a spy – The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a book that not only examines a Pakistani man who is in America during 9-11 but also the question of the reliable or unreliable narrator. Changez’s story details h...
W pakistańskim mieście Lahore, stolicy prowincji Pendżab, dzieje się akcja książki autorstwa Moshina Hamida. "Uznany za fundamentalistę" znalazła się w finale nagrody Brookera za rok 2007.W owym mieście, w kawiarni, spotykamy głównego bohatera Changeza, który opowiada przypadkowo spotkanemu Amerykan...
“If you have ever, sir, been through a breakup of a romantic relationship that involved great love, you will perhaps understand what I experienced. There is in such situations usually a moment of passion during which the unthinkable is said; this is followed by a sense of euphoria at finally being l...
The titular fundamentalist in this novel is not only reluctant, but also less than convincing. The back cover of my copy described that Changez, the Pakistani main character, "embraced the Western dream — and a Western woman — and... both betrayed him". But I had to scan through the book again to as...
21/10 - I really enjoyed this book. It was less than 200 pages but there was a surprising amount of plot in those pages. I enjoyed the way it was written with the narrator speaking to a third party that we only get a brief description of and never hear from directly. We guess at what he's saying fro...
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