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Mohsin Hamid. Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London. New York. Riverhead Books / Penguin. 2015. isbn 9781594633652
Mohsin Hamid, novelist and essayist, has lived in Pakistan, England, and the United States, cultivating a tension over identity that pervades his essay collection Discontent and Its Civilizations. The collection's essays span from 2000-pulsing on the cusp of the attacks of 9/11-to 2014, offering the perspective of a new father who has returned to Pakistan to raise his daughter.
The book's sections-"Life," "Art," and "Politics"-offer succinct, previously published essays, which Hamid uses to express his...