Partly Familiar, Partly Novel Too: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West

This article proposes a reading of Hamid’s novel Exit West (2017) that pays attention to the tropes and formulas of fantasy and science fiction used to frame an account of the so-called refugee crisis. Although the novel portrays situations rooted in the global concern regarding migrants, Hamid stru...

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Main Author: Maximiliano Jiménez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) 2020-02-01
Series:Nuevas Poligrafías, Revista de Teoría Literaria y Literatura Comparada
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Online Access:http://revistas.filos.unam.mx/index.php/nuevaspoligrafias/article/view/1111