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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.
Oct 6, 2020 · “Leave the World Behind” is Rumaan Alam’s third novel. David A. Land. Danger materializes, not from external threats, but from the breakdown of interior constructs. The body itself becomes...
Oct 5, 2020 · “Leave the World Behind” is a coy little thing: a disaster novel without the disaster. Amanda, an advertising account director; her husband, Clay, a tenured professor and book critic; and...
Leave the World Behind: A Novel Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Rumaan Alam (Author), Marin Ireland (Narrator), HarperAudio (Publisher) 3.6 19,157 ratings. Editors' pick Best Literature & Fiction. See all formats and editions. A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award (Fiction)
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by Rumaan Alam (Author) 3.6 15,508 ratings. Editors' pick Hand-selected reads. See all formats and editions. Now a Netflix film starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon. Written for the Screen and Directed by Sam Esmail.
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Leave the World Behind is elegant, sensuous, thrilling, taut. It is an incisive examination of race and class, an absorbing story about what the beginning of the end of the world might look like. This novel is a towering achievement. Rumaan Alam’s prose is precise, pointed, gorgeous.
Leave the World Behind: Full Book Summary | SparkNotes. Behind. Study Guide. Rumaan Alam. Study Guide. Characters. Character List. Clay. Amanda. G.H. Washington. Ruth Washington. Literary Devices. Themes. Motifs. Symbols. Quotes. Important Quotes Explained. Quotes by Theme. The Intersection of Race and Class.
