ND 94 — Mohsin Hamid: Migration, Identity and the Global Novel
Mohsin Hamid: Migration, Identity and the Global Novel The modern world is shaped by movement. People cross borders for safety, work and survival. Yet migration is not only physical. Many people feel emotionally displaced in modern society. Few writers have explored this condition as deeply as Mohsin Hamid. His fiction transforms identity, globalization and modern anxiety into powerful literature. Introduction to World Literature Mohsin Hamid is one of the major contemporary voices in world literature. His novels explore migration, identity and cultural division. He writes about characters living between different worlds and identities. Because of this, his fiction is widely studied in postcolonial literature. Hamid’s works connect strongly with modern transnational realities. Although he never won the Nobel Prize, many critics consider him an important literary voice of the twenty-first century. Discover World Literature Welcome to World Literature — a place wher...