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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.
Oct 6, 2020 · A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. Amanda and Clay head to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they've ...
Oct 6, 2020 · A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. From the bestselling author of Rich and Pretty comes a suspenseful and provocative novel keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class.
Oct 6, 2020 · In “Leave the World Behind,” Rumaan Alam imagines what happens when homeowners interrupt their renters’ idyll to seek refuge from a crisis.
Leave the World Behind is atmospheric and prescient: Its rhythms of comedy alternating with shock and despair mimic so much of the rhythms of life right now. That's more than enough to make it a signature novel for this blasted year.
Oct 5, 2020 · Hillary Kelly reviews Rumaan Alam’s new novel, “Leave the World Behind,” which follows its privileged characters on a getaway to the Hamptons as the world crumbles around them.
Rumaan Alam's Leave The World Behind isn't so much a dystopian novel as a novel that hints of a dystopian world to come. It begins with a New York family - husband, wife, boy and girl - driving to a remote house they're renting for their summer holiday on Long Island.
- Rumaan Alam
Jun 2, 2021 · Leave the World Behind. Paperback – June 2, 2021. by Rumaan Alam (Author) 3.6 19,203 ratings. Editors' pick Best Literature & Fiction. See all formats and editions. A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong.
- Rumaan Alam
An extraordinary book, at once smart, gripping and hallucinatory'OBSERVER***THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other,...
Oct 6, 2020 · 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.
- Rumaan Alam
