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  1. 978-0-06266763-2 (hardcover) Website. www .rumaanalam .com /work /ltwb. 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 .

    • October 6, 2020
    • Ecco
  2. Oct 6, 2020 · Two families vacationing in a remote Long Island home face a power outage and a mysterious couple claiming to own the place. Are they safe from the unknown threat in the city or from each other?

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    • Hardcover
  3. Oct 6, 2020 · Yes, reading a book about the world falling apart while the literal world falls apart feels meta, but Leave the World Behind is also a much-needed, delicious escape.” — Shondaland “I avoided Apocalypse Stories for Months. Then Leave the World Behind Became My Greatest Comfort. . . . I read the book in one sitting, and have thought of it ...

  4. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped—and unexpected new ones are forged—in moments of crisis. Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: 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 ...

    • (19)
    • 7 hours and 26 minutes
    • Rumaan Alam
    • Marin Ireland
  5. A slippery and duplicitous marvel of a novel…. 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. — Fresh Air.

  6. "Leave the World Behind is pitch-perfect in atmosphere, easy to read and deceptive in the high polish of its setting. Alam has crafted a deeply bewitching and disquieting masterpiece." -- Shelf Awareness "The novel that looks to be the breakout hit of the fall, "Leave the World Behind" is a deeply unnerving, gorgeously written thriller." -- NJ.com

    • Rumaan Alam
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  8. Ruth and G. H., an older couple who claim to own the home, have arrived there in a panic. These strangers say that a sudden power outage has swept the city, and - with nowhere else to turn - they have come to the country in search of shelter.But with the TV and internet down, and no phone service, the facts are unknowable.

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