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Discontent and Its Civilizations Dispatches from Lahore, New York and London

By: Publication details: London; Penguin Books; 2015Description: 188 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780241146323
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 814.6
Summary: 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'.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Desi Reads 814.6 MOH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC019761
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Society and Politics 814.6 MOH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC014222
Total holds: 0

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'.

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