Exit West: A Novel Free Audiobook Download by Mohsin Hamid

A tale of love, survival and the search for peace, Exit West is a literary masterpiece that's impossible to put down. As one person struggles with their fate in the brutal upheaval of war, another finds hope in their future when they escape through a portal into the unknown. The narrator uses many different voices for each character and it is not always clear which characters are talking unless it is mentioned.

"Exit West" is a modern retelling of "Hamlet," but set in the world of refugees fleeing from an unnamed and savage conflict. It follows two people, Nadia and Saeed, who escape to Europe as they gradually realize that they are not only running from their own pasts.

In the near future, an unnamed young man and his unnamed American wife travel west in search of safety and freedom. They meet a number of characters along the way, some they befriend, others they don't. One day, the young man's wife wanders off in search of water and never comes back. In order to find her he has to walk into a war zone and risk his life for her.

"Exit West" is a novel by Mohsin Hamid. The book has been translated into more than 30 languages and won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Hamid's parents immigrated to Pakistan from India in the 1970s during a period of turmoil in which their country split into two countries--India and Pakistan--following a violent struggle for independence from British colonial rule. "Exit West" takes place over one year as an unnamed young couple flees their war-torn homeland with just the clothes they are wearing, fleeing through unknown territory that may not be safer than what they left behind.

Exit West is a story about a young couple, Nadia and Saeed, who are on the run from their war-torn country. Scrapping together what little they have, including each other's company, they cross an ocean in search of asylum. Along the way, as they attempt to survive in the new world, they find themselves having to adapt at a dangerous pace.

The narrator's voice is disembodied and matches the tone of the story, making it easy to listen to in the dark hours of the night.