How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist , the boldly imagined tale of a poor boy’s quest for wealth and love.
His first two novels established Mohsin Hamid as a radically inventive storyteller with his finger on the world’s pulse. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia meets that reputation—and exceeds it. the astonishing and riveting ta...
From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist , the boldly imagined tale of a poor boy’s quest for wealth and love.
His first two novels established Mohsin Hamid as a radically inventive storyteller with his finger on the world’s pulse. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia meets that reputation—and exceeds it. the astonishing and riveting tale of a man’s journey from impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon, it steals its shape from the business self-help books devoured by ambitious youths all over “rising Asia.” It follows its nameless hero to the sprawling metropolis where he begins to amass an empire built on thatmost fluid, and increasingly scarce, of goods: water. Yet his heart remains set on something else, on the pretty girl whose star rises along with his, their paths crossing and recrossing, a lifelong affair sparked and snuffed and sparked again by the forces that careen their fates along.
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is a striking slice of contemporary life at a time of crushing upheaval. Romantic without being sentimental, political without being didactic, and spiritual without being religious, it brings an unflinching gaze to the violence and hope it depicts. And it creates two unforgettable characters who find moments of transcendent intimacy in the midst of shattering change.
莫欣•哈米德
莫欣•哈米德，文坛鬼才，曾多次入围布克奖。他的代表作累计销量过百万，并被《卫报》选入“定义了十年来的世界”书单。
1993年，莫欣•哈米德以最高荣誉学位毕业于普林斯顿大学，随后于1997年毕业于哈佛法学院。大学期间，莫欣•哈米德曾向著名作家、诺贝尔文学奖得主托妮•莫里森学习写作。
莫欣•哈米德《穿过欲望之城》是莫欣•哈米德的代表作之一，一经出版就受到了西方各大媒体的赞誉。美国国家公共电台称它是“国际版的《了不起的盖茨比》”。《纽约时报》也因为《穿过欲望之城》称赞莫欣•哈米德是“这个世代举足轻重的小说家”。