The Reluctant Fundamentalist

De: Mohsin Hamid

Narrado por: Mohsin Hamid

Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize

A New York Times best seller

A Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year

A New York Times Notable Book

“Extreme times call for extreme reactions, extreme writing. Hamid has done something extraordinary with this novel.” (Washington Post)

At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, he begins the tale that has brought them to this fateful encounter....

Changez is living an immigrant’s dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by an elite valuation firm. He thrives on the energy of New York, and his budding romance with elegant, beautiful Erica promises entry into Manhattan society at the same exalted level once occupied by his own family back in Lahore. But in the wake of September 11, Changez finds his position in his adopted city suddenly overturned, and his relationship with Erica shifting. And Changez’s own identity is in seismic shift as well, unearthing allegiances more fundamental than money, power, and maybe even love.

©2007 Mohsin Hamid (P)2021 Penguin Audio

Diverse perspectives and compelling story

I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Narrator’s voice is so soothing, felt like sitting at same dinner table. The story was captivating, Changis turmoil parallel with US& Pakistan relations, both bring it home on many levels.
For everyone who immigrated, the story will resonate on how one loses their wholeness. Your identity is always halved between your homeland and new home, stranger now to both.
I recommend this book over movie, esp to young adults to relate to human stories above all the broadcast-tailored news on nation’s ill-wishers. Humans before politics.

Thrilling yet gentle scary yet warm

A beautifully woven novel. Romantic and poignant. Brutal in its kindness . Narrated with substance in a powerful narration.

Captivated me from the first page.

Engrossing and perceptive, it grows deeper the more I reflect as a metaphor for the American psyche and it's interaction with the world.

Outstanding book

Really a heart rendering experience makes it more personal as author himself has narrated it. Author’s way of narrating an imaginary American visiting his country makes it more interesting.

Excellent Narration

Excellent story that oddly keeps you guessing with such a lovely yet firm narrative voice.

Could not stop listening to this story.

Beautifully read. An engrossing story that really makes one pause to think about racial bias.

A fascinating story

I love to hear from the perspective of a Pakistani in America during 9/11. I listened straight through without stopping, it was that compelling. Beautifully written, beautifully performed.

A difficult start but left me thinking about it for days

I found the narrative device of hearing one-side of the protagonist’s conversation trying at first but I came to realize it was helpful in juxtaposing two cultures. As an immigrant I appreciated how the author relayed how our origins and perspectives influence our understanding of a place. After a certain point I became immersed in the story and it has stayed with me for days.

Beautiful and heart breaking!!

This book is beautifully written and incredibly thought out. It hurts my heart yet warms it. Makes me truly think about what I’m reading and puts me in the position he had to face.

Thoughtful book with insight

The main character was very complex and was portrayed by the author very well. The product of his home in Pakistan which he loved and his ambition to succeed in the west.… Until outside events caught up to him leading to his disillusionment and subsequent departure from America.

I would say the plot is a little flat… Not a lot happens in terms of exciting story But worth the read