{"product_id":"discontent-and-its-civilizations-9780143423997","title":"Discontent And Its Civilizations","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mohsin Hamid\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: PRH INDIA LOCAL PRINT\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeign Policy’s 100 leading global thinkers in 2013‘We’re born with an in-built capacity for language. It is wired into ourbrains, just as an in-built capacity for breathing is wired into our lungs.We need language. We need language to tell stories. We need stories tocreate a self.’Alongside his highly acclaimed novels, Mohsin Hamid has written superbpieces over the years about politics, literature, and his own life. Collectedtogether for the first time, they show that Hamid is not just a great novelistbut ‘a master critic of the modern global condition’. Provocative, dexterous,full of ideas – this is a sparkling collection. About the AuthorMohsin Hamid is the author of Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalistand How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia. His fiction has been adapted forthe cinema, translated into over 30 languages, received numerous awards,and been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has contributed essaysand short stories to publications such as the Guardian, The New YorkTimes, Financial Times, Granta, and the New Yorker. Born and mostlyraised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studiedat Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since livedbetween Lahore, London and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRH INDIA LOCAL PRINT","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46296412848279,"sku":"9780143423997","price":260.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780143423997.webp?v=1769304666","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/discontent-and-its-civilizations-9780143423997","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}