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Lädt ... The Last White Man: A Novel (Original 2022; 2022. Auflage)von Mohsin Hamid (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A fascinating trip into the minds of white people whose skin begins turning black. At first it only happens to a few people. In the mind of the storyteller, you can see his shifting sense of self, his fear at what he expects to experience from his observations of other people of color in his town. The book ends on an interesting note: when all people are the same color — no matter what that might be — it is possible to regain ones sense of self and security. An interesting read. The writing style was something I thought I would never like, but it worked really well for this book. ( ) A white man wakes up one morning to discover that he has turned Black. Soon, this starts happening to other people, too, until finally all the white people are Black, except for the narrator's father. Naturally, this has major implications for all of society and for racism. The book talks about those major implications, but largely focuses on personal relationships between people, such as the narrator and his father, the narrator and his girlfriend, his girlfriend and her mother. It's an interesting thought experiment, but it's hard for such a small book to capture all of the simply enormous things that would happen if white people suddenly changed color, and at times it felt to me like the book lacked in imagination. I listened to the audiobook, which is read by the author. His reading is pretty bland, and emphasizes the choppiness of his sentences in a way that I found distracting. I might have had a higher opinion of this book if I had read it instead of listening to it. What if all the white people turned brown? In Mohsin Hamid's "The Last White Man", that's what they do, and what happens is a compelling story -- I listened to it in one hearing. The characters are fully realized and sympathetic in their ordinariness, the social ramifications are well thought out, and the writing is vivid. Most engaging, perhaps, is the optimistic bias Hamid's story takes as it comes to an end, offering hope of a new and more accepting society. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER BY TIME, ELLE, USA TODAY, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY AND MORE "Perhaps Hamid's most remarkable work yet ... an extraordinary vision of human possibility." -Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies "Searing, exhilarating ... reimagines Kafka's iconic The Metamorphosis for our racially charged era." Hamilton Cain, Oprah Daily From the New York Times-bestselling author of Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change. One morning, a man wakes up to find himself transformed. Overnight, Anders's skin has turned dark, and the reflection in the mirror seems a stranger to him. At first he shares his secret only with Oona, an old friend turned new lover. Soon, reports of similar events begin to surface. 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. In many, like Anders's father and Oona's mother, a sense of profound loss and unease wars with profound love. 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 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. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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