In Hamid’s novel, who are we meant to see as the “fundamentalists”? The word “fundamental” frequently enters the novel when Changez relates his experience at Underwood Samson, a place where his coworkers are driven by a single-minded commitment to the “fundamentals,” “a single-minded attention to financial detail” (98). The reluctant fundamentalist/Mohsin Hamid.—1st ed. p. cm. 1. Pakistani Americans—Fiction. 2. Race discrimination Fiction. 3. Self-perception—Fiction. 4. Psychological fiction. I. Title. 1PSAR45 ’—dc22 ISBN: T h e R e l u c tan t F u n d ame n tal i s t. In The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Hamid constructs the book in a way that leads us to question not only every character’s actions, but our own prejudices about race and status as well. The reader makes a choice to follow the black and white version of the story, or to realize that Changez falls right between both America and Pakistan.
Mohsin Hamid talks to James Naughtie and readers about his bestselling book The Reluctant Fundamentalist. This edition of Bookclub will be broadcast just two days after the novel has been featured. Mohsin Hamid tries to convey the message that anyone, even the most liberals who oppose the American will and hegemony will be branded as fundamentalist as it has become the order of the day. Work Cited. Hamid, Mohsin. The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Karachi: Oxford, The Reluctant Fundamentalist is written as a dramatic monologue, and his subsequent novel, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, is one of the few English-language novels written in the second person! Hamid in Hollywood. In , The Reluctant Fundamentalist was adapted into a film by the acclaimed director Mira Nair.
An alienated Pakistani tells his life story to an American stranger in Mohsin Hamid's mesmerising second novel Mohsin Hamid's novel seamlessly combines ideology and emotion, politics and the. Mohsin Hamid tries to convey the message that anyone, even the most liberals who oppose the American will and hegemony will be branded as fundamentalist as it has become the order of the day. Work Cited. Hamid, Mohsin. The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Karachi: Oxford, The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid is a short-yet-thought-provoking read about the after-effects of 9/ It is a first person narrative of a Pakistani Muslim residing in the States, and how his life gets tougher every passing day after the attack. With a subtle and unique narration style, the book does not fail to impress.
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