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Leave the World Behind is a 2020 novel by Rumaan Alam, published by Ecco. In 2023, the novel was adapted into a feature film by Netflix.
Leave the World Behind is a 2023 American apocalyptic psychological thriller film written and directed by Sam Esmail. It is based on the 2020 novel by Rumaan Alam.
In “Leave the World Behind,” Rumaan Alam imagines what happens when homeowners interrupt their renters’ idyll to seek refuge from a crisis.
Oct 6, 2020 · “Step into our beautiful house and leave the world behind”. A family vacation in Long Island is interrupted when the homeowners return with news of something weird going on. Is the world ending?
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Sep 29, 2020 · Rumaan Alam's Leave the World Behind is a slippery and duplicitous marvel of a novel. When, deep into the night, a vacationing couple hears a knock at the door of their remote Airbnb rental...
Sep 18, 2020 · Rumaan Alam's Leave the World Behind is the fall's biggest novel. It's about the end of the world. "That's what art does," Rumaan Alam tells EW. "It bubbles up and digests whatever's...
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Suspenseful and provocative, Rumaan Alam’s third novel is keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped—and unexpected new ones are forged—in moments of crisis.