Exit West

Exit West by Hamid, Mohsin. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781432847654.

A New York Times Bestseller Winner of The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction Winner of The Aspen Words Literary Prize In a country teetering on the brink of civil war‚ two young people meet — sensual‚ fiercely independent Nadia and gentle‚ restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair‚ and are soon cloistered in a premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes‚ turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts‚ they begin to hear whispers about doors — doors that can whisk people far away‚ if perilously and for a price. As the violence escalates‚ Nadia and Saeed decide that they no longer have a choice. Leaving their homeland and their old lives behind‚ they find a door and step through . . .