The Westport Library said today it will host a keynote video chat with Mohsin Hamid, author of Westport’s 2019 community read, “Exit West.”
The event will take place on Tuesday, March 12, at 7 p.m. at Saugatuck Elementary School, 170 Riverside Ave.
Short-listed for the Man Booker prize, The National Book Critics Circle Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, “Exit West” follows two refugees who, against all odds, find life and love on the run.
“The novel will hopefully make people feel things, and when we feel things, we change,” said Hamid. “Perhaps I am drawn to the idea that everyone is a migrant, and that we need to have more compassion for the migrant within each of us.”
Born in Lahore, Hamid was raised in Pakistan and California. He has also lived in London and New York City. His work has been featured on bestseller lists, adapted to cinema, and translated into more than 35 languages. “Exit West” is his fourth novel.
Copies of “Exit West” are available at the Library. For more information on WestportREADS, contact Jennifer Keller at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and for a complete listing of all WestportREADS 2019 programming, visit http://www.westportlibrary.org.
