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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]
Summary
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.[3]
Related works
Hamid published a short story on the same theme as 'The Face in the Mirror' in the same year as the novel.[4]
References
- ↑ "The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
- ↑ Gunaratne, Guy (2022-08-03). "The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid review – a hypnotic race fable". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
- ↑ "'The Last White Man' spins a deft, if narrow, fantasy about identity". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
- ↑ Mohsin Hamid, 'The Face in the Mirror', New Yorker (May 16, 2022), 60–67.
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