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The Guardian calls Mohsin Hamid\u2019s new novel \u201ca hypnotic race fable,\u201d in which \u201cas white people suddenly awake in brown skin, they are forced to confront uncomfortable truths about power and identity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cOne morning Anders, a white man, woke up to find he had turned a deep and undeniable brown.\u201d So begins Mohsin Hamid\u2019s inventive new novel,\u00a0The Last White Man.<\/em> Anders, as it turns out, is not an isolated case. More people in an unnamed town begin to change, including Oona, a yoga instructor and a friend of Anders. Violence inevitably erupts around them. White vigilante gangs terrorize the transformed, while some doggedly refuse to accept an end to whiteness.<\/span><\/p>\n

At its heart, this is a novel about seeing, being seen, loss and letting go. The loss of privilege that comes from being perceived as white, and no longer being able to view the world from within whiteness, are some of the anxieties examined\u00a0here.<\/p>\n

(From\u00a0The Guardian review<\/a>\u00a0by Guy Gunaratne.)<\/p>\n

Sunday, Oct. 30th. To join the conversation, email books@themarkaz.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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