Hamid's second book (after Moth \t\t Smoke) is an intelligent and absorbing 9/11 novel, written from the \t\t perspective of Changez, a young Pakistani whose sympathies, despite his fervid \t\t ...

Anders wakes up to find he’s no longer white. After confiding in his friend, Oona, the two discover this is not an isolated case; all over town and beyond, white people are finding their skin suddenly ...

A work of imagination asks us to see race in a new way from a novelist once again taking on magical realism in his fiction. Jeffrey Brown talks with Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid for our arts and ...

The novelist Mohsin Hamid has written a book about a world that can sound a little like our own. MOHSIN HAMID: The news in those days was full of war and migrants and nativists. And it was full of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anders, a 20-something physical trainer in an unspecified suburban town, arises to his own surprising discovery, a deliberate echo ...

In Mohsin Hamid’s new novel, “The Last White Man,” a white man named Anders wakes up to darkened pigmentation, followed swiftly by others who turn “a deep undeniable brown.” His country (by which we ...

Mohsin Hamid’s “Exit West,” a poignant tale of love and immigration, is the Chicago Public Library’s latest pick for the One Book, One Chicago series. With “Beyond Borders” as its theme, the Library ...

The two books featured in this episode illustrate the impact of colorism in society. First up is The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid. In conversation with Scott Simon, Hamid talks about his personal ...

Anders wakes up to find he’s no longer white. After confiding in his friend, Oona, the two discover this is not an isolated case; all over town and beyond, white people are finding their skin suddenly ...