The Reluctant Fundamentalist
| The Reluctant Fundamentalist | |
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 1st edition (UK) |
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| Author(s) | Mohsin Hamid |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton (UK) Harcourt (US) |
| Publication date | 01 March 2007 |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 0-241-14365-9 |
The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a novel by Mohsin Hamid, published in 2007.
The novel uses the technique of a frame story, which takes place during the course of a single evening in an outdoor Lahore cafe, where a bearded Pakistani man called Changez (the Urdu name for Genghis) tells a nervous American stranger about his love affair with an American woman, and his eventual abandonment of America. A short story adapted from the novel called "Focus on the Fundamentals" appeared in the fall 2006 issue of The Paris Review. A film adaptation of the novel by director Mira Nair is also in development.[1]
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[edit] Awards and nominations
The novel was shortlisted for the 2007 Booker Prize.[2] It also won an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award,[3] the South Bank Show Annual Award for Literature,[4] and several other awards. The Guardian selected it as one of the books that defined the decade.[5]
[edit] Commercial reception
The novel became an international best-seller. It reached #4 on the New York Times Best Seller list.[6] BBC Radio 4 began broadcasting an abridged version on 22 August 2011, read by British actor Riz Ahmed.[7]
[edit] Academic reception
In 2008, Tulane University gave the novel to all new undergraduates as part of the Tulane University Reading Project.[8] In 2009, the University of St Andrews announced that they would be sending a free copy of The Reluctant Fundamentalist to all of 1,500 new undergraduates as part of a new incentive to "offer students a common topic for discussion and focus energies on reading and intellectual debate".[9] In 2010, Washington University in St. Louis also gave the book to each of its incoming freshmen, as a part of the "Freshmen Reading Program."[10] Georgetown University also chose this book for incoming freshman's summer reading. Ursinus College has also incorporated the novel into their unique Common Intellectual Experience for freshmen students. Additionally, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas uses the book in all honors rhetoric classes for first-year students. Siena College in Loudonville, New York also uses the novel as an introduction to their First Year Seminar programs.
[edit] References
- ^ Debesh Bannerjee (December 8, 2009). "'Politeness can kill you in movies'". Screen. http://www.screenindia.com/news/-Politeness-can-kill-you-in-movies-/551446/. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
- ^ Man Booker Prize - Prize Archive (2007)
- ^ Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - 73rd annual winners announced
- ^ Mohsin Hamid wins 2008 South Bank Show Award
- ^ Guardian Books of the Noughties
- ^ The New York Times Best Seller List (April 29, 2007)
- ^ BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime 22 April 2011
- ^ "Tulane University Reading Project", Tulane Official Website, 28/09/2009
- ^ "St Andrews' Booker Prize Project", St Andrews Official Website, 01/06/2009
- ^ "Washington University Freshmen Reading Program"
[edit] External links
General
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist
- Podcast of Mohsin Hamid discussing The Reluctant Fundamentalist on the BBC's World Book Club (9 Mar 2009)
- Podcast of Mohsin Hamid discussing The Reluctant Fundamentalist on the ABC's Late Night Live (25 May 2007)
- Lecture discussing The Reluctant Fundamentalist on TVO's Big Ideas (23 Oct 2010)
- Excerpt from The Reluctant Fundamentalist in The Paris Review
Reviews
- Reviews of The Reluctant Fundamentalist from Mohsin Hamid's website
- Review exploring in particular the visual aspects of the book
- Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist from the Village Voice
- Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist from Metro
- Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist from The Independent
- Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist from The Observer
- Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist from Blogcritics
- Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist from EGO Magazine
- Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist from Culturazzi
- Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist in Pakistani monthly political magazine Newsline
- Review of The Reluctant Fundamentalist in Democratiya, an online journal
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