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... of Death Message and then I will be up-to-date with the series...I think ** oh no there's a new one called "Bloodline"
The Reluctant Fundamentalist was obviously a quick read given its lack of pages. Still mulling it over. I have a podcast of the author discussing it on the World Book Club ...
Whoa, I have really enjoyed reading your reviews of the books you've read so far.
Totally agree with you on The Reluctant Fundamentalist . I was not immediately sure of its style but I quickly caught on and really enjoyed it. Also agree with your thots on The Book Thief. I also was not ...
... having some personal stuff going on, just haven't read very much. Miss Librarything, miss you guys. Anyways, I finished The Reluctant Fundamentalist . Not something I would have picked out for myself. It was for a book club. Still working on Time Traveler's Wife, went and saw it in the ...
... by Mark Billingham -hopefully a 'trashy' quick crime read. Then hopefully I'll be able to fit in the relatively slim Reluctant Fundamentalist still in September :>
#71 - kiwiflowa, I was amazed by The Reluctant Fundamentalist .....interested to know if you enjoy it as much as I did.
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My first graphic novels! I'm a bit wary though as it's about the Holocaust and I generally stay away from that topic.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
An impulse, it's on the 1001 list and it was just sitting there
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork
YA which ...
In my book club, both of the choices for September that I voted for won !
1. The Reluctant Fundamentalist - this was even my nomination :>
2. The Little Friend - I wouldn't mind re-reading this, however my copy is a whopping Hardback
... by Nigel Goldman (new) - quick and useful guide to playing poker online. I'll let you know if I make my million!!
28. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid - interesting novel about a Pakistani guy living in America at the time of 9/11
>76,
I read The Reluctant Fundamentalist in June, and I thought it was good. It's definitely a serious book, and it should generate some good discussions within your book group.
... window shop and came home with about 6 titles to add to my wishlist.
My Book Club announced next month's selection, The Reluctant Fundamentalist , I've never heard of this book, anyone know if its good? Yes, I started attending my library's book club, I'm super excited! Talking about Shan ...
I am reading The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Lucky Jim. Both are good so far.
... joined my group yet. I am looking for members. The three books I am reading at the moment that qualify as literature are The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohshin Hamid, Doghead by Morten Ramslund, and Le Ventre de Paris by Émile Zola.
#78 The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
I really liked this book while reading it, and right after I finished, but then after thinking about it a little bit I decided it was a little bit lacking. I liked the setup, and the writing, but I just didn't get the character's motivation - ...
... Phantom of Venice by Carolyn Keene
May 21, 2009
10. Shimura trouble by Sujata Massey
Jun 15, 2009
11. Fundamentalisti by Juha Jokela
Jun 15, 2009
12. Isä Mitron sanakirja: ortodoksiset termit selityksineen by Mitro Repo
Jun 15, 2009
13. Kirkon historia: ...
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the Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist is one of the best books I've read this year. I thought the monologue style, difficult to use well, was extremely powerful in this narrative. Deceptively simple, but very intriguing read.
I shared your reaction to The Reluctant Fundamentalist .
Just finished The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid and am moving on to an ARC of The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
... too much time jumping between points of view and not enough time really investing in them and fleshing them out.
24. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
This was a powerful look at the life of a young Pakistani in America in the months leading up to and the months following Sep ...
... too much time jumping between points of view and not enough time really investing in them and fleshing them out.
24. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
This was a powerful look at the life of a young Pakistani in America in the months leading up to and the months following Sep ...
Mohsin Hamid was on the BBC World Book Club podcast a few months ago--I haven't read The Reluctant Fundamentalist , but the interview was really interesting. It's available for free download (along with all of the WBC's other excellent interviews) through iTunes or the BBC's website.
... good review from you, Laurie. Good job!
I already have the Weldon book on the Planet or I would add it again. As for The Reluctant Fundamentalist , I am glad you enjoyed it - the book just did not work for me.
I still intend to be Grandma Mazur when I grow up! She is the only ...
... good reviews from you, Laurie. Good job!
I already have the Weldon book on the Planet or I would add it again. As for The Reluctant Fundamentalist , I am glad you enjoyed it - the book just did not work for me.
I still intend to be Grandma Mazur when I grow up! She is the only ...
... murders go on to resolution. Sister Pelagia grew more interesting as the novel progressed, but it is a very slow read.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid—I was stunned by this book. Essentially a monologue narrating a Pakistani’s life, from home to Princeton to New York to 9/11 ...
... Austen by Fay Weldon
Where Three Roads Meet by Sally Vickers
Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog by Boris Akunin
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Hot Six by Janet Evanovitch
Reviews to follow....
... immigrant in New York City whose husband dies in the Twin Towers.
I believe someone in this thread had already mentioned The Reluctant Fundamentalist , which I found to be extremely thought-provoking.
I read The Blood of Lambs by 'Kamal Saleem' and Lynn Vincent in order to comment on it ...
... who woulda thunk? (Sarah Palin really is everywhere!) Your review was beautifully and cautiously worded. Bravo!
I read The Reluctant Fundamentalist last year and I found it to be the most thought-provoking book I read that year.
... excellent little book and I did look at The Secret Son in the bookstore recently but, I think, the comparison to The Reluctant Fundamentalist and another book whose title I forget, kind of put me off. Still, I will be glad to hear what you think of it.
... to the 2008 edition (and that I've read):
1. Call of the Wild
2. Pippi Longstocking
3. Half a Yellow Sun
4. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
I own a few more, and others are on my TBR list, so when I read them I'll update this list.
5. The Accidental
A few more books to mention:
Terrorist by John Updike
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Moshin Hamid
Falling Man by Don DeLillo
There is an episode in Brick Lane regarding 9/11; the main character watches it on TV in London.
... Charlotte Perkins Gilman
+31/ 6. The Accidental, Ali Smith
+32/ 7. City Primeval, Elmore Leonard
+33/ 8. The Reluctant Fundamentalist , Mohsin Hamid
+34/ 9. What I Loved, Siri Hustvedt
#265: Rachael, there are several people whose opinions I respect who liked The Reluctant Fundamentalist more than I did (Deborah in message 267 would be one of them), so you need to give it a try for yourself. I am probably in the minority on the book.
#266: Thanks, Roni!
#267: Deborah, ...
... on my shelf, so I'm glad to hear you liked them both. I'm hoping to get to them this year. I'm sorry you didn't like The Reluctant Fundamentalist . I liked it very much--I found it more ambiguous than you seemed to.
>256, ooh, some great books this week! The Nabokov looks fantastic in particular.
My mother-in-law has lent me The Reluctant Fundamentalist , partly as I bought it for her in the first place (as part of a Booker shortlist package), and somehow I just haven't got round to reading it. I don't ...
... US in 1968 - it was densely packed with information about what was going on around the world that year; recommended
178. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid - I was looking forward to reading this book, but boy was I disappointed in it; the listener of the novel is portrayed as a ...
... aware that Charlotte Bronte had written anything other than Jane Eyre, which I also love.
So now, having finished The Reluctant Fundamentalist , which left a decidedly bad taste in my mouth, I am off to read more Willa Cather - One of Ours, which won her the Pulitzer.
... Day of the Book, Catey and I are forgoing school in order to read. I have finished up 1968 and am now reading The Reluctant Fundamentalist .
One of my classes was cancelled today so i had some extra time. I finished The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.
That makes 6/75 for 2009. (:
... of the book I was hooked and wanted to find out how it ended. In some ways that's the most important measure.
Book 48 is The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. The structure was very interesting; the whole book is told to 'you', an American traveller the narrator meets in Lahore. Th ...
I've read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, The Reluctant Fundamentalist , Animal's People, and Man Gone Down. I liked all of them, but the Thomas and Sinha novels were especially good.
Very odd that no women were picked. How many of the longlisted books were written by women?
... Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Dominican / American)
Ravel by Jean Echenoz (French) in translation.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Pakistani / British)
The Archivist’s Story by Travis Holland (American)
The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles by Roy Jacobs ...
... Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Dominican / American)
Ravel by Jean Echenoz (French) in translation.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Pakistani / British)
The Archivist’s Story by Travis Holland (American)
The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles by Roy Jacobs ...
... long it is great to have a shortlist of the titles you have enjoyed most in the past month.
Top 3 reads this month
The reluctant fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
The Uncommon reader by Alan Bennett
The Book of Lost things by John Connolly
I'll go with The Reluctant Fundamentalist , If This is a Man and Germinal
My top five, in order read, are:
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Running in the Family by Michae Ondaatje
By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Sound of Language by Amulya Malladi
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
... young man who befriends a poet, Pablo Neruda, and the story of his life and what happens. A great book.
Mohsin Hamid - The Reluctant Fundamentalist ***.*
I found this book initially hard to get into due to the writting style. It is written as if the main character were at a cafe talking to ...
24. The reluctant fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
209p. post 9/11, New York, Pakistan, personal identity
A powerful novel told in the first person narrative that details the life of a young Pakistani educated at Princeton, his selection by a top American firm and his subsequent employment with ...
... Dawn
Japan: Arthur Golden - Memoirs of a Geisha
Nepal: Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss
Pakistan: Mohsin Hamid - The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Saudi Arabia: Rajaa Alsanea - Girls of Riyadh
Syria: Dorothy Gilman - Mrs. Polifax Unveiled
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I mooched The Reluctant Fundamentalist and jumped it to the head of the queue because I'm fickle and impatient and couldn't wait to finish the other umpteen books I have on the go at ...
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... epilogue). I enjoyed it for about 1,100 pages, but the end was a torture. To shake off the giant tome blues, I then read The Reluctant Fundamentalist , which was also an interesting read.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by M.Hamid
This is a very enjoyable book, it is critical, humorous and clever. A pakistani man educated in Princeton tells an American man visiting Lahore the story of his life in the USA, how he went there with a scholarship, met a woman and worked in a ...
Reading Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.I will finish it today.It´s a short read only about 150 pages.
5) The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (modern lit) - Told through a one-sided conversation between a Princeton educated Pakistani and an unknown American in a Lahore cafe, Changez recounts the story of his time in America and why he left. Some aspects of the story will be more powerful ...
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#6 The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (January). As an American who was living in Pakistan on 9/11, I found it interesting to read the story of a Pakistani living ...
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#4 Embers by Sandor Marai (January). This book has a similar narrative style to The Reluctant Fundamentalist , and I loved it throughout the first half. However, the second half stopped showing and gave itself over entirely to telling , ...
I finished The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid last night and have moved on to Facing the Lion by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton.
I am now in Lehore, Pakistan with The Reluctant Fundamentalist .
... Edith Pope. On the sale self at my local library I picked up Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast and also checked out the The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid which I was surprised the library had. It was a good Saturday.
... TBR list for a long time, but I did indeed finally read The Grass is Singing after a recommendation from you, as well as The Reluctant Fundamentalist - both great reads - so thank you, too!
... I'm loving reading about your reading (and the other thread on Reading Globally). Our library has So Long a Letter and The Reluctant Fundamentalist has been on my TBR list for a while now.
I was very impressed with The Reluctant Fundamentalist . I agree that it was a thought-provoking read. Who should we be most frightened of, the fundamentalist, or ourselves?
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I've read 105 from the old list and am currently reading Lady Chatterley's Lover.
I recently have read and enjoyed The Reluctant Fundamentalist and The Inheritance of Loss which are of course on the new list.
To my chagrin I've only read 88 from that list!
I also recently read The Reluctant fundamentalist and really enjoyed it. However, I didn't really enjoy the ending of the story - it happens too quickly and the author really doesn't explain his thought process too well.
PAKISTAN:
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. The book is a monologue of sorts. The setting is a café in Lahore where the protagonist, Changez, sees a visibly uneasy American stranger and starts chatting with him, in an effort to put him at ease. They are seated and place ...
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. The book is a monologue of sorts. The setting is a café in Lahore where the protagonist, Changez, sees a visibly uneasy American stranger and starts chatting with him, in an effort to put him at ease. As they are seated and place their orders, Cha ...
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. The book is a monologue of sorts. The setting is a café in Lahore where the protagonist, Changez, sees a visibly uneasy American stranger and starts chatting with him, in an effort to put him at ease. As they are seated and place their orders, Cha ...
1001 books
1.Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie read (Jan)
2.Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid read (Feb 6th)
3.Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote read (Feb 10th)
4.Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien read (June 16th)
5.Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides ...
... just to get me over this hurdle.
Lined up as possible follow-up reads: The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing or The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. Kiran Desai advocates it as “A Brilliant Book” on the cover, so I might go with her nudge, but first, some Munro.
This week I finished The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. I enjoyed it. I especially liked the way it was told as if he was explaining his life to a visitor from the US. I found the ending to be a bit scary - one doesn't know if the final gesture is one of friendship or hate. I'm ...
... books are in my favorite genre! I also have The Good Soldier Svejk and am looking forward to that one as it looks fun.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a surprisingly easy read, even as it illuminates things in a way we're not used to seeing.
And, finally, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall ...
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22. Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
23. Dewey: the small town library cat who touched the world by Vicki Myron
24. The reluctant fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
25. The pure land by Alan Spence
26. Looking for Alaska by John Green
27. The book of lost things by John Connolly
...
... Boxall needs to learn to leave his list alone!)
Cannery Row and Middlesex have been removed and Life of Pi and The Reluctant Fundamentalist have taken their place.
... this because it upset me too much; plan to barrel on through this time.)
Oxygen
The Electric Michelangelo
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Pulitzer Prize/Finalists
March
Gilead
Interpreter of Maladies
A ...
And I recommend The Reluctant Fundamentalist for the same category. It's a quick read, well told and from a perspective not usually experienced.
... from start to finish – cynical, know-it-all, dripping with irony and implausibly epistolary. It reminded me very much of The Reluctant Fundamentalist in its narrative technique, and it was precisely this technique that ruined the latter book for me too.
But, as I say, this is very ...
OK, I'm going to give this a try. We'll see how well it turns out! You can go here for my blog post about my challenge.
Totally reworked this as I can't seem to stick to my ...
... 1/1
2. Lying Awake by Mark Salzman
3. Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
4. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
5. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
6. Atticus by Ron Hansen - finished 1/20
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After a fabulous reading year on LT in 2008, I'm back for more! Thanks, Stasia and Catey, for insisting that I come back … now!
Books Read in 2009:
January
The Hero's Walk by Anita Rau Badami (India)
So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba (Senegal)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohs ...
66.) The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid 184 pages
A very interesting narrative structure. I enjoyed the ending. Great! and a 1001 book!
67.) The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 543 pages
Another 1001 book! Probably one of the best books I've read in a long, long time. The P ...
I will have happy memories of curling up on a rainy weekend with Treasure Island. That was a lot of fun. I'm glad The Reluctant Fundamentalist was on the list as it was so thought provoking and wouldn't have been a book I would have picked out on my own.
The one that will stay with me ...
I will have happy memories of curling up on a rainy weekend with Treasure Island. That was a lot of fun. I'm glad The Reluctant Fundamentalist was on the list as it was so thought provoking and wouldn't have been a book I would have picked out on my own.
The one that will stay with me ...
... order) that I gave 5 stars to (and which weren't a re-read):
The Road
No Country for Old Men
Small Island
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Half of a Yellow Sun
... have to know what it's like to have children of your own before it can work its full . . . thing. So a secondary nudge for The Reluctant Fundamentalist in the meantime.
... as real, it stretched the bounds of credibility a bit too far. But it is thought provoking, disturbing and worth read. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is OK but nothing memorable whilst Double Vision is easily my least favourite book by Pat Barker who I normally like a lot.
I liked The Reluctant Fundamentalist a lot, and it's the only one on the list that I've read (although there are several here from my TBR pile). Also, it's a quick read.
A slight nudge for The Reluctant Fundamentalist - a good but not great book, a quick read, but an especially timely look at Pakistan and the West
... Robinson
The book of Daniel by EL Doctorow
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
Emil and Karl by Yankev Glatshteyn
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Bloodtide by Melvin Burgess
Hopefully my jpeg has appeared. Anyway I'd like to be nudged towards a couple of books to ...
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from the library - Being a Scot by Sean Connery & The Spell Book of Listen Taylor by Jaclyn Moriaty.
bought a copy of the reluctant fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid using a voucher
given copies of Exposure by Mal Peet and MT Anderson's The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Book 2: Tra ...
... Jones
* Lost Laysen by Margaret Mitchell
* Eye of Cat by Roger Zelazny
* Skellig by David Almond
June Books:
* The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
* A Dark Traveling (Parallel Worlds) by Roger Zelazny
* Letters to Alice: On First Reading Jane Austen by Fay Weldon
* I ...
... I have planned for the month will change this list.
Fiction:
No Country for Old Men
Small Island
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Road
Half of a Yellow Sun
Non-Fiction:
Enrique's Journey
The Zookeeper's Wife
Three Cups of Tea
About Alice ...
Glad to see your recommendation of The Reluctant Fundamentalist . I picked it up off the bargain rack at Borders a few months ago, and read a few pages in the store. I hadn't had a chance to go back and finish it yet, but I plan to do so in the next few weeks. I'm looking forward to it even more ...
#54. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid - This was the story of Changez, a man who lives in Pakistan. He shares his tragic story with an obvious American visiting Pakistan as they sit in a market drinking tea and feasting on dinner.
The story of Changez is amazing. He ...
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
This is in the second version of the book. A very simple but effective idea - a monologue by a young Pakistani who was educated and working in the USA before becomig disillusioned with the American dream. Very powerful and a welcome inclusion on the ...
67. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
A young Pakistani man talks to an American stranger about his experience and ultimate rejection of the American way of life. It is a simple monologue, but effective at building up tension and sympathy. Great ending too.
Then on Pakistan with The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.
A young Pakistani man talks to an American stranger in Lahore, telling him about how he became disillisioned with the American way of life. A very simple style but very powerful and tense. A lot of the book was about Ame ...
I have left 17th Century Iran in The Blood of Flowers and am now in modern day Pakistan in The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.
... on this list).
Generally speaking, I see a lot of nominations from many countries for A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Reluctant Fundamentalist , On Chesil Beach and others.
The Australian libraries didn't agree on many titles but there were multiple nominations for Secrets of the S ...
... by a Barnes and Nobles and I had a gift certificate, so I went in and (finally) bought Unaccustomed Earth, as well as The Reluctant Fundamentalist . I also got Edward Rutherfurd's London and The Forest
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My favourites are God of Small Things, Inheritance of Loss, Remains of the Day, Brick Lane. My least favourite is Reluctant Fundamentalist , but even that was worth reading.
I was recommending Oscar Wao to people all over, and then I had a chance to meet Junot Diaz at a ...
... and George, Hotel du Lac, Brick Lane, The Remains of the Day, The Dead Fathers' Club, Miss Garnet's Angel and The Reluctant Fundamentalist . The only one I would de-nudge (and I know I'd be in the minority) is The God of Small Things which I found incredibly tedious. You ...
What a great pile! Everything there is either on my TBR pile or TBR list. The only one I've read though is The Reluctant Fundamentalist , and I nudge it strongly. On the downside, two people I recommended it to didn't like it as much as I did. On the up side, it's a super-quick read. I think it's ...
... as I was born only five miles from Wyrley, where the outrages took place, and now live just fifteen miles away.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist is OK but nothing special.
... usso
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Dead Father's Club by Matt Haig
Miss Garnet's Angel by Sally Vickers
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Nudge away, please!
... because of how much I enjoyed the Assia Djebar that I read recently.
Of those that I've read, I'd nudge Tess or The Reluctant Fundamentalist , depending on whether you're in the mood for a short, well-written, thought-provoking read (Hamid) or a long, well-written, thought-provokin ...
The only one I've read is the Reluctant Fundamentalist which I really enjoyed. I've recommended it to a few people though and they had problems with it (more the POV than anything). But it's a very quick read, so you could read it in a day or two and move on to something else.
Tess has been ...
Of these I've only read The Reluctant Fundamentalist which was really only average and I wouldn't bother nudging it. Something else on your list is likely to be better!
Perhaps Emilio's Carnival, certainly Italo Svevo's The Confessions of Zeno was very good, although I've not read the ...
I haven't read The Reluctant Fundamentalist but based on reviews here on LT it's on my TBR list, so I will nudge that one.
... mountain as soon as I master the technique:
The Crowded Bed Mary Cavanagh
Emilio's Carnival Italo Svevo
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid
The Early History of Rome Titus Livy
Rugged Angel Vince Kelly
Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy
C ...
1001 Books (These are taken from both editions):
1. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote (3/31/09)
2. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (6/7/09)
3. The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan (7/12/09)
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.
... in comparison.
Did not enjoy Wide Sargasso Sea. The concept was interesting but it was too heavy and forced
The Reluctant Fundamentalist was definitely worth a read as an unsettling page-turner.
... How Doctors Think
2. Supercrunchers
3. Book Thief
4. A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
5. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
6. There Is No Me Without You
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
8. Beijing Confidential by Jan Wong
9. What is the What by Dav ...
From Borders this morning:
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Giada's Kitchen by Giada de Laurentiis
I'm currently drooling over the picture of chocolate panna cotta with amaretto whipped ...
Books Appearing in More Than One Category The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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5. American Gods
6. Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
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3. The Island at the End of the World
4. Old Goriot
5. The Reluctant Fundamentalist A Lost Lady
7. American Gods
8. Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
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3. 1001 Books List The Reluctant Fundamentalist The Leopard
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... Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies (longlisted for the Booker last year), and, from the bargain shelves, a hardcover copy of The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. It's funny, because I'd decided on the trade paperback of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and happened to wander over to the ...
The Reluctant Fundamentalist , Mohsin Hamid
I bought this book on a whim yesterday, and it rocketed right up to the top of my TBR mountain. A quick, gripping read. I found this story of "the American Dream" and 9/11 told from the view point of a successful young Pakistani multi-national very ...
Hey, Teelgee . . . . over on the Commonwealth Prize thread you made a comment about The Reluctant Fundamentalist , and how you didn't like the POV. I came here looking to see if you're written any other comments and I can't see that you have.
Anyway, what did you mean by disliking the POV? Did ...
... Discontents, Sigmund Freud
Galileo, Bertolt Brecht
And since I was in the university bookstore, I also picked up:
The Reluctant Fundamentalist , Mohsin Hamid
High Rise, JG Ballard
Now, before I start all that I think I need to go read some nice, mindless fluff.
Progress in August
35. The Waves
36. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
37. The Other Boleyn Girl
38. Midnight's Children
39. Alice, I Think
... Juby
54. It's All Too Much, Peter Walsh
55. The Waves, Virginia Woolf
56. Darkness Visible, William Styron
57. The Reluctant Fundamentalist , Mohsin Hamid
58. The Crisis of Islam: Holy War & Unholy Terror, Bernard Lewis
59. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
Hi TrishNYC
I enjoyed The Reluctant Fundamentalist for its story but it is not as good as all the hype would have you believe!
... both The Line of Beauty and A Dry White Season very much and had wondered why they weren't there in the first edition. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a good additon too.
All in all this edition seems to have incorporated more of the books already present in the various non-english ...
... time as a teenager. That's one that I haven't reread though, think I'll do that soon. How about a book from the new list: The Reluctant Fundamentalist anyone?
Hey Cerievans,
What was your take on The Reluctant Fundamentalist ?
40. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
I'm thrilled that they added the reluctant fundamentalist . A very important book. (And a very fast read for me since I simply couldn't put it down and was practically holding my breath by the end - it was so exciting.) I haven't looked at the new list and I'm a little nervous about it.. Still, ...
... forward to this too! June's books were:
Dandelion Soup by Babs Horton
The Collector of Worlds by Iliya Troyanov
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Amulet by Roberto Bolano
Helpless by Barabara Gowdy
Death at the Priory - James Ruddick
The Strange Death of David Ke ...
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37. A Golden Age by Tahmina Anam
38. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
39. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
40. Delirio by Laura Restrepo
41. The Good Women of China; Hidden Voices by Xinran
42. Good Bones by Marg ...
39. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
184 double-spaced pages of beautiful, elegant prose; I seem to be getting a taste for short, sparingly written novels. In the past I've always enjoyed longer novels that I could get really caught up in, but if I look back at the books I've ...
20. Pakistan
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
I seem to be getting a taste for short, sparingly written novels. In the past I've always enjoyed longer novels that I could get really caught up in, but if I look back at the books I've enjoyed most this year, I see that it's ...
Trish, you are very bad for the size of my wishlist. Had to add both The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Love in the Kingdom of Oil to it.
... costuming.
>67 I read Love in the Kingdom of Oil this year also, must have a post somewhere on my thread.
re: The Reluctant Fundamentalist , I enjoyed it very much but wouldn't say I loved it. Have you read The Yacoubian Building?
Hey Cariola,
That's so funny cause I was in the midst of writing my review for The Reluctant Fundamentalist and I kept getting interrupted. So by the time I posted it we must have missed each other. Anyway I just posted it above. I hope the review helps.
Trish, what did you think of The Reluctant Fundamentalist ? I have a copy but haven't read it yet. I was wondering if it was one my freshmen might enjoy.
... translated does not mean its bad. I will add Dark City to my netflicxs queue as I like Jennifer Connelly.
47. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Moshin Hamid. Loved it!! It is not a book for everyone. If you are uber patriotic and believe that America can do no wrong then this is not ...
... in Ukranian
Falling man by Delillo
Measuring the world by Kehlman
Half of a yellow sun by Adichie
The reluctant fundamentalist
(touchstones are wonky)
The last nine are recently published novels, the first six are older.
The list definitely seems more ...
#5 I agree that the transformation in The Reluctant Fundamentalist is not religious. His bitterness (rage?) seems to be more founded on being an unwitting victim of 911 at a time when he was struggling to maintain his Eastern identity and conflicted about his love of the U.S.
#12, #13 - Now ...
... Half of a Yellow Sun, The Road, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, and Life of Pi. In addition, I would suggest:
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Danticat
All of ...
I've had a good quarter in both fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction:
The Road by McCarthy
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Hamid
Half of a Yellow Sun by Adichie
Lolita by Nabakov
In the Country of Men by Matar
Nonfiction:
Wild Swans by Chung
Dreams From My Father by O ...
... Chabon
Korea/China/War Trash by Ha Jin
England/Brick Lane by Monica Ali
Africa/A Far Country by Daniel Mason
Iraq/The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Burma/The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
Around Europe/Ada or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov
EnglandYear of Wonders by Geraldin ...
3) The Reluctant Fundamentalist BY: Mohsin Hamid---- Great!! This is a great book that tells the story of a foreign man's experiences in NYC as told to a Man in a cafe. The personal is political.... I highly recommend this book...
Admittedly, I thought the Reluctant Fundamentalist a nice companion to The Yacoubian Building which also features a character who becomes a fundamentalist.
Don't you find the choice of names for the character interesting? Changez? Even if it may not have the same meaning as it alludes to in ...
... 451 by Ray Bradbury
52. The Girl With No Shadow by Joanne Harris
53. Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
54. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
55. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
56. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
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Pakistan
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Late one evening in Lahore, Changez, a bearded Pakistani man, spots a mysterious American stranger. He guides the man to a streetside cafe and gradually spins out the story of his rise to the top of the American dream and his ...
Wow, like others I've only read The Reluctant Fundamentalist . I hear teelgee's TBR pile erupting and second it!
Of all those I've only read The Reluctant Fundamentalist which I thought was good but not great (I did not like the POV). I've only even heard of two others in all the lists. Sigh. Mount TBR is about to erupt.
Other than The Reluctant Fundamentalist , I've not read any of the others.
... B&N mail order, thus adding:
The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lenn ...
Here are my top choices:
1) The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
2) On Agate Hill by Lee Smith
3) The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
... no one else has stated this thread I thought I would so we could see "the best of January" from everyone. My picks:
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Half of a Yellow Sun
Three Cups of Tea
... in Time by Madelaine L'Engle
2. The Woman Next Door by Barbara Delinsky
3. A Wind at the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
4. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
5. A Slowly Tilting World by Madelaine L'Engle
6. Many Waters by Madelaine L'Engle
7. Undead and Unemployed by Mary Janic ...
I've left Nigeria and have journeyed to Pakistan with The Reluctant Fundamentalist . I have several other books on the go, but this one is too gripping to put down.
Finished Half of a Yellow Sun, which was excellent. I'll definitely look for more books by Adichie. Started The Reluctant Fundamentalist which I'm finding absolutely gripping. Very interesting writing style as well. Thoroughly enjoying it. Also have started Eat, Pray, Love, Turn of the S ...
... Got two yesterday and three today: People of the Book (who among us could resist that title?) by Geraldine Brooks, The Reluctant Fundamentalist , Suite Francaise, The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig, and The Gift by Peter Carey. Still have over $70 left, so I feel I spent my ...
... parts. It all comes together in the end, but it was a major distraction for me. Stick with it though!
I finished The Reluctant Fundamentalist yesterday, and now I will be reading On Agate Hill by Lee Smith, which was a gift from my LT Secret Santa and a recommendation ...
4) The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid ( review )
I am almost finished with The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta, which I feel lukewarm about. Next up is The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.
... and Japan.
6. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, by Julia Alvarez, Dominican Republic (completed June 2008)
7. The Reluctant Fundamentalist , Mohsin Hamid, Pakistan (completed August 2008)
8. The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, Peter Handke (December 2008)
... June Winch (fiction, Australian aboriginal)
Mister Pip, by Lloyd Jones (fiction, NZ author, Solomon Islands setting)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist , by Mohsin Hamid (fiction, Pakistani author, US/Pakistan setting)
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, by Xiaolu Guo (fiction, Ch ...
... in reading these threads and began to venture into reading more from other cultures. Notable reads in that vein were The Reluctant Fundamentalist and A Long Way Gone. Also delved into some science fiction (Red Mars, Ender's Game) and YA fiction with the Harry Potter series among ...
I finished The Reluctant Fundamentalist this morning and moved right on to The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama. Looks like a quiet read, which I'm happy for today.
63. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. Not a great read - I got weary of the second person/conversational POV, it's a very awkward and difficult technique and not pulled off very well here. I expected more substance to this book.
... a first read for me, so what do I know of new translation???). Also on deck, more Jane Austen, a couple of mysteries, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and more Steinbeck. That's just for starters! 2008 will be another good reading year, I'm sure. Especially since I'm retiring in October ...
Just finished The Reluctant Fundamentalist , which was excellent. Next is The Kite Runner
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid:
"On street corners, tourists would ask me for directions. I was, in four and a half years, never an American; I was immediately a New Yorker."
On sale at B&N
Mere Christianity and the reluctant fundamentalist
... in the recent issue of National Geographic - the issue that featured Pakistan - and perhaps by Mohsin Hamid, author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist , that "the powerless are always easily manipulated". Both Taha and Changez (in Hamid's book) suffer disappointments which seem to be the ...
... a bit unwieldy at 274 messages. Clean slate ---
On my immediate list:
Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Mr. Pip by Lloyd Jones
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Accordion Crimes by Annie Proulx
The Mas ...
... Much like the show, it had me laughing out loud as I was driving.
Now I am torn between doing something more serious (The Reluctant Fundamentalist or The Reluctant Mr. Darwin) or doing a re-listen of Local Custom.
104. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid - A young Pakistani man strikes up a conversation with an American in Lahore. He shares the story of the time he spent in the U.S. as events which seem to be beyond the control of both of them unfold.
The narrative style of the book worked ...
Two in the mail from a friend on the other side of the country:
Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.
I love sharing books!
32 The Higher Power of Lucky Susan Patron
33 The RoadCormac McCarthy
34 The Reluctant Fundamentalist Moshin Hamid
Looking forward to following this - I enjoyed your reviews of The Yacoubian Building and The Reluctant Fundamentalist . I couldn't finish The Yacoubian Building and found you expressing some of my issues with the book, and thought you captured the ambiuous nature of The Reluctant Fundamentali ...
... - The Lizard Cage (review) - Karen Connelly
Pakistan - The Reluctant Fundamentalist (review) - Mohsin Hamid
Australia and Pacific
Australia - The Book Thi ...
I've left the Swiss Alps and am now in Pakistan with The Reluctant Fundamentalist .
I finished Hotel du Lac last night, I really loved it. I felt like I was there . Now I am about to start The Reluctant Fundamentalist .
Just back from a Border's stop:
The Accidental by Ali Smith
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Moshid Hamid
The Dowry Bride by Shoban Bantwal
And I received a book swap item in today's mail: Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
I read The Yacoubian Building because of a LT mention. Specially, someone said it was a better book than The Reluctant Fundamentalist and that comment along sent me off to google to find a synopsis of the story. Intrigued, I bought a copy and the rest, as they say, is history!
... but hopefully one of them will be a stunner...
I'm underwhelmed by the inclusion of On Chesil Beach, Mister Pip, and The Reluctant Fundamentalist and very disappointed by the exclusion of Gifted and What Was Lost. Wouldn't it have been nice to have a first-timer on the short list? Oh ...
... yet?
Here we go:
Darkmans by Nicola Barker (Fourth Estate)
The Gathering by Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Hamish Hamilton)
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (John Murray)
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape)
Anim ...
... remember anything about this book, which I think is a reflection of its mediocrity rather than my failing memory…
5. The Reluctant Fundamentalist – cool, clever, fascinating subject, wonderfully topical… but I just didn’t like it. The narrative trick was way too contrived and ...
... requested from a fellow LT member's Paperbackswap bookshelf!
The True History of the Kelly Gang, also from PBS
The Reluctant Fundamentalist , directly from another LT member.
I love LT and PBS! Woo hoo!
(13) The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid - This is a quick, page turning read. On the one hand, an interesting (and appropriately one-sided) conversation between Pakistan and the United States, on the other, oddly unsatisfying in some way I can't quite put my finger on. It's ...
I got distracted from The Yacoubian Building in Cairo and am in Lahore with The Reluctant Fundamentalist ; but that's going to be very quickly read - it is a fast-reading page-turner.
I'm also about to tour India with this month's Poetry Magazine's Indian Poetry Portfolio (I've started a ...
... listed books are available here. The Welsh Girl has been out here for several months; Mister Pip, Consolation, and The Reluctant Fundamentalist are, too. That said, I was in Border's today and couldn't find them, although they are listed online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Border's ...
A_musing, while The Reluctant Fundamentalist shows a personal transformation it is less religious than one would think (or, in my case, expect). I'm tempted to say it is almost nationalistic but then that is not quite the word either.
... I've almost picked up The Yacoubian Building a couple of times; the other one I keep thinking about picking up is The Reluctant Fundamentalist .
Lindsacl, one of the things I found interesting about the book was that it was entirely in her head - she resisted the temptation to get ...
#43, avaland, I actually haven't read The Reluctant Fundamentalist , but I did thoroughly enjoy The Yacoubian Building.
#45, WholeHouseLibrary, Welcome to the Anne Fadiman fan club! If you haven't yet read Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader, RUN, do not walk, to your nearest ...
... all three - very different - were very good.
And I agree with rebeccanyc, that The Yacoubian Building is better than The Reluctant Fundamentalist
... I’ve read anything better (from the long list) yet, but it’s early days. The subject matter and actual storyline of The Reluctant Fundamentalist intrigued and impressed me, but I found the narrative concept so contrived and as a result very, very irritating.
I’m halfway ...
I have left Lahore, Pakistan (The Reluctant Fundamentalist ) and have been in Bougainville, the largest of the Solomon Islands off New Guinea with Mister Pip, by Lloyd Jones. The beginning of the book doesn't seem to indicate the specific setting so I begged Amandameale for help (book was her ...
>90 the audio of Middlesex is indeed fabulous!
I've finished The Reluctant Fundamentalist which I found a thoughtful, very good read - but I wasn't wowed by it. I have started Mister Pip last night .
>59 yes, that's the first thing I noticed also. Very refreshing.
I have read On Chesil Beach and just finished The Reluctant Fundamentalist , which is good - thoughtful - but didn't wow me. I've just started "Mr. Pip" which amandameale had recommended previously (touchstone not coming up with ...
... Docx (Picador)
The Gift Of Rain by Tan Twan Eng (Myrmidon)
The Gathering by Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Hamish Hamilton)
The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies (Sceptre)
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (John Murray)
Gifted ...
I've finished the previous novel in #33, and am now in Pakistan with The Reluctant Fundamentalist . The backstory though, being set currently in the US.
I have finished A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers and have started The Reluctant Fundamentalist , by Moshin Hamid.
... nes.
I am so glad MrStevens you have taken up reading!! Happy Reading!
I also realized another 2007 book I've read is The Reluctant Fundamentalist not necessarily YA, but might appeal to YA readers who liked The Kite Runner.
... Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan
Measuring Time by Helon Habila
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
The Widow and Her Hero by Thomas Keneally
Day by A.L. Kennedy
My Revolutions by Hari Kunzru
The Clef ...
I gave up on reading The Reluctant Fundamentalist . When I heard the author interviewed on NPR, I was sold on reading it...but after about 30 pages, I am finding that the way in which the book is narrated bothers me a bit. So, reluctantly, I've put it down, and picked up I Know This Much Is True ...
Has anyone read The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid? I started it this evening, and so far, I'm not enthralled with it. Does anyone have any opinions on it?
... recommend it enough!!
After that, I'm thinking of starting either The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield) or The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid) -- does anyone recommend one over the other?
Happy reading!
Finished this month
What Happened to Cass McBride?
On this Day
Shock Point
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Runaways: Pride and Joy (Graphic Novel)
CR: The Pursuit of Happyness
1. Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas
2. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
3. New Orleans Mon Amour by Andrei Codrescu
4. Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality by Pauline Chen
5. Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life by Allen Shawn
N. ...
... Dead in Christ BY: David W. Lowe
2) Hakluyt's Promise BY: Peter C. Mancall
Now for my Finds in B & N
1) The Reluctant Fundamentalist BY: Mohsin Hamid
2) THe Secret of Lost Things BY: Sheridan Hay
3) Skin BY: Ted Dekker
4) Showdown BY: Ted Dekker
5) Fo ...
5.The Reluctant Fundamentalist -Mohsin Hamid
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Tense, suspenseful, intriguing story narrated entirely as a one-sided conversation in a Pakistani cafe. The storyteller, Changez, is a Pakistani young man, educated in the ...
