Discontent and Its Civilizations
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  • Published: 24 July 2022
  • ISBN: 9780241994061
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download

Discontent and Its Civilizations

Dispatches from Lahore, New York and London

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27 Nov 2014
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24 Jul 2022
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23 Sep 2015
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Now in paperback, the essential first collection of non-fiction from one of Foreign Policy's 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2013

Discontent and its Civilizations collects the best of Mohsin Hamid's writing on subjects as diverse and wide-ranging as Pakistan; fatherhood; the death of Osama Bin Laden and the writing of The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

Unified by the author's humane, clear-headed and witty voice, the book makes a compelling case for recognizing our common humanity while relishing our diversity - both as readers and citizens; for resisting the artificial mono-identities of religion or nationality or race; and for always judging a country or nation by how it treats its minorities, as 'Each individual human being is, after all, a minority of one'.
  • Published: 24 July 2022
  • ISBN: 9780241994061
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
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About the author

Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid grew up in Lahore, attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School and worked for several years as a management consultant in New York. His first novel, Moth Smoke, was published in ten languages, won a Betty Trask Award, and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. His essays and journalism have appeared in Time, the New York Times and the Guardian, among others. His latest novel is The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) published by Penguin. Mohsin Hamid currently lives, works and writes in London.

http://www.mohsinhamid.com

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Also by Mohsin Hamid

The Last White Man
Exit West
How to Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia
Moth Smoke
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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Praise for Discontent and Its Civilizations

Accessible, wise and beautifully clear

Metro

Mohsin Hamid is reasonable, intelligent...in short, just the sort of commentator the world could do with right now

Independent

Smart doesn't begin to describe Hamid; he is the sort of thinker that could change hearts and minds

Booklist

In contrast with the debased language of extremism, militarism and nationalism, his is a humane and rational voice demanding a better future

Sunday Times

Lucid, informative and drily funny, these essays show that Hamid is one of the most perceptive commentators on contemporary global politics

Sunday Telegraph

One of the most talented writers of his generation

Daily Telegraph

Mohsin Hamid is a master critic of the modern global condition, using humanization, wit, parody and other devices to examine how the fast pace of social and economic change has affected the individual

Foreign Policy

Elegantly crafted . . . will delight devotees of his work, and intrigue newcomers. Hamid makes a compelling case for pushing back against the mono-identities of religion, nationality and race and for embracing the things that all human beings share.

Prospect

The new voice of a changing continent. A writer at the top of his game

Metro