The Last White Man Explained
Author: | Mohsin Hamid |
Isbn: | 9780593538814 |
Pub Date: | August 2, 2022 |
Language: | English |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
The Last White Man is a 2022 novel by Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid. It is Hamid's fifth novel.[1] The main themes of the book are love, loss, change, and identity.[2] The Last White Man was longlisted for the 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize.[3] [4]
Summary
The novel uses the technique of magical realism, and it is about a white man, Anders, who one morning wakes up to find himself changed to a darker skin color and a different, unfamiliar appearance. Soon, more people begin to experience the same changes, and society finds itself divided and puzzled with questions about race, privilege, loss, love, belonging.[5]
Related works
Hamid published a short story on the same theme as 'The Face in the Mirror' in the same year as the novel.[6]
References
- Web site: The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid . 2022-08-22 . Penguin Random House . en-US . 2022-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821122511/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/703278/the-last-white-man-by-mohsin-hamid/ . live .
- Web site: Gunaratne . Guy . 2022-08-03 . The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid review – a hypnotic race fable . 2022-08-22 . the Guardian . en . 2022-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821035339/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/03/the-last-white-man-by-mohsin-hamid-review-a-hypnotic-race-fable . live .
- Web site: 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301235337/https://www.aspenwords.org/programs/literary-prize/longlist/ . 2022-03-01 . 2023-03-07 . Aspen Words . en-US.
- Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2022-12-12 . Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist Is Revealed . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307022215/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/aspen-words-literary-prize-longlist-is-revealed/ . 2023-03-07 . 2023-03-07 . . en.
- News: 'The Last White Man' spins a deft, if narrow, fantasy about identity . en . NPR.org . 2022-08-22 . 2022-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821071443/https://www.npr.org/2022/08/09/1116137982/the-last-white-man-mohsin-hamid-review . live .
- Mohsin Hamid, 'The Face in the Mirror ', New Yorker (May 16, 2022), 60–67.