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Oct 6, 2020 · Amanda and Clay, and their two children, head to a remote area of Long Island to vacation at a beautiful Airbnb. After a day of of fun and sun, a knock at the front door takes them out of their reverie. On the other side of the door is George and his wife, Ruth. They are the owners of the home.
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. From the bestselling author of Rich and Pretty comes a suspenseful and provocative novel keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class.
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.
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
Oct 6, 2020 · Keila Shaheen’s self-published best seller book, “The Shadow Work Journal,” shows how radically book sales and marketing have been changed by TikTok.
Oct 6, 2020 · Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped—and unexpected new ones are forged—in moments of crisis.
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...
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
