Book at Bedtimeblurb - At a cafe table in Lahore a bearded Pakistani accosts an uneasy American stranger and tells him the story of his life. But as dusk deepens to night it becomes clear that this is no chance encounter.Mohsin Hamid is the author of two novels: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007), ...
Changez is living the American Dream. He is a Pakistani, who has graduated from Princeton at the top of his class and is starting a career at the prestigious valuation firm of Underwood Samson in New York City. He loves life in the fast paced city and has started a serious relationship with Erica,...
This was another book that, like with Little Bee, I have a hard time reviewing because of the subject matter. It's heavy stuff, and stuff that I'm glad to see an author write about, but at times it feels like the novel's only strength. The narration, while different and a little off-putting (you sor...
hmpf... This story has the potential to really mess with a person. I can see why some didn't like it or maybe understand it. The ending is very abrupt and leaves the reader to decided what happened in the seconds after the narratior stops. For some, what happens next maybe very clear, however, th...
Update: according to The Guardian Erica is an allegory for America. Why can't Erica just be Erica? I don't understand. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/mar/03/featuresreviews.guardianreview20--------------------Erica is a girl who lives in her head because it is the only place she can be with th...
A beautifully written story of a Pakistani man, educated at Princeton, who has a well-paid job in NYC on 9/11. He has seemingly accepted the materialistic lifestyle of the rich American, but over the next year he gradually changes his viewpoint. It shows clearly how many citizens of other countrie...
This is an outstanding, creatively imagined story which manages to give many of us non-Islamic folks a glimpse into what being Islamic in the U.S. must have been like after 9/11.The story takes place in Pakistan (Lahore) as Changez, once a successful immigrant in the U.S., relates his story to an un...
I think the main strength of this book is how it throws your feelings and opinions in your face and leaves you uncomfortable. I was digging the book until about halfway through, and then it began to seem tedious in a number of ways.One factor is what I felt was a weak use of the monologue technique ...
A short novel concerned with a young Pakistani man (Chancez) in the United States who starts off an enthusiastic and hard working college student before obtaining a good job and very attractive American girlfriend. It all starts to go wrong after 9/11 – the author parallels the mood in the United St...
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