Rumaan Alam

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The exhilarating new novel from the author of Leave the World Behind the book of an era Independent These characters their money and their morality come together in an absolutely devastating thunderclap KILEY REID bestselling author of Come and Get It A slow burn tale of connivance and deceit with a knockout ending OBSERVER Money talks But what if it lies An ambitious young Black woman plotting her way into the world of the one percent An old white billionaire facing his own extinction He s attracted to her intelligence her refusal to be deferential maybe also her Blackness She s drawn to his power and money and his apparent willingness to share both with her But how far is each prepared to go to get what they think they deserve Taut unsettling and alive to the seductive distortions of money Entitlement is a biting tale for our new gilded age A GUARDIAN HIGHLIGHT FOR 2024 Praise for Leave the World Behind Alam is a worthy descendant of Don DeLillo SUNDAY TIMES A book that could have been tailor made for our times THE TIMES Intense incisive I loved this DAVID NICHOLLS I was hooked from the opening pages CLARE MACKINTOSH

Amanda et Clay, des Blancs newyorkais, partent en vacances avec leurs deux enfants à Long Island. Amanda a loué une jolie villa récemment rénovée. Le temps est superbe, la piscine immense, la nature

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 explores how our closest bonds are reshapedand unexpected new ones are forgedin moments of crisis.

A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrongAmanda 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 luxurious home theyve rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and G. H. are an older coupleits their house, and theyve arrived in a panic. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. But in this rural areawith the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone serviceits hard to know what to believe.Should Amanda and Clay trust this coupleand vice versa? What happened back in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one other? Suspenseful and provocative, Rumaan Alams third novel is keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshapedand unexpected new ones are forgedin moments of crisis.

Amanda et Clay, des Blancs newyorkais, partent en vacances avec leurs deux enfants à Long Island. Amanda a loué une jolie villa récemment rénovée. Le temps est superbe, la piscine immense, la nature

From the bestselling author of Leave the World Behind the book of an era Independent a biting tale for our new gilded age A slow burn tale of connivance and deceit with a knockout ending OBSERVER Money talks But what if it lies An ambitious young Black woman plotting her way into the world of the one percent An old white billionaire facing his own extinction He s attracted to her intelligence her refusal to be deferential maybe also her Blackness She s drawn to his power and money and his apparent willingness to share both with her But how far is each prepared to go to get what they think they deserve

NOW A MAJOR GLOBAL NETFLIX ADAPTATION STARRING JULIA ROBERTS, KEVIN BACON, ETHAN HAWKE AND MAHERSHALA ALI*A THE TIMES #1 BESTSELLER**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**A BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING PICK 2021*'Easily the best thing I have read all year' KILEY REID, AUTHOR OF SUCH A FUN AGE'Intense, incisive, I loved this and have still not quite shaken off the unease' DAVID NICHOLLS'I was hooked from the opening pages' CLARE MACKINTOSH'Simply breathtaking . . . An extraordinary book, at once smart, gripping and hallucinatory' OBSERVER

Easily the best thing I have read all year' KILEY REID, AUTHOR OF SUCH A FUN AGE'Intense, incisive, I loved this and have still not quite shaken off the unease' DAVID NICHOLLS'Simply breathtaking . . .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, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrongAmanda and Clay head to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a holiday: 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 rented for the week. But with a late-night knock on the door, the spell is broken. 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.Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple - and vice versa? What has happened back in New York? Is the holiday home, isolated from civilisation, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one another?_______SOON TO BE A MAJOR GLOBAL NETFLIX ADAPTATION STARRING DENZEL WASHINGTON AND JULIA ROBERTSFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2020A DAILY TELEGRAPH, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, IRISH TIMES AND TIME BOOK OF THE YEAREveryone is talking about LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND'You will probably need to read it in as close to one sitting as possible' Sunday Times'A page-turner taking in themes of isolation, race and class' Guardian'A book that could have been tailor-made for our times' The Times'A literary page-turner that will keep you awake even after it ends'Mail on Sunday'An exceptional examination of race and class and what the world looks like when it's ending' Roxane Gay'A thrilling book - one that will speak to readers who have felt the terror of isolation in these recent months and one that will simultaneously, as great books do, lift them out of it' Vogue'Explores complex ideas about privilege and fate with miraculous wit and grace' Jenny Offill'For the reader, the invisible terror outside in Leave the World Behind echoes the sense of disquiet today in a world convulsed by the pandemic' Financial Times'Alam's achievement is to see that his genre's traditional arc, which relies on the idea of aftermath, no longer makes sense. Today, disaster novels call for something different' New Yorker'Read it with the lights on' Jenna Bush Hager, October Book Club pick

NAMED A RECOMMENDED BOOK OF 2018 BY:Buzzfeed The Boston Globe The Millions InStyle Southern Living Vogue Popsugar Kirkus The Washington Post Library Journal Real Simple NPRWith his unerring eye for nuance and unsparing sense of irony, Rumaan Alams second novel is both heartfelt and thought-provoking. Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires EverywhereFrom the bestselling author of Leave the World Behind, a novel about the families we fight to build and those we fight to keepLike many first-time mothers, Rebecca Stone finds herself both deeply in love with her newborn son and deeply overwhelmed. Struggling to juggle the demands of motherhood with her own aspirations and feeling utterly alone in the process, she reaches out to the only person at the hospital who offers her any real helpPriscilla Johnsonand begs her to come home with them as her sons nanny.Priscillas presence quickly does as much to shake up Rebeccas perception of the world as it does to stabilize her life. Rebecca is white, and Priscilla is black, and through their relationship, Rebecca finds herself confronting, for the first time, the blind spots of her own privilege. She feels profoundly connected to the woman who essentially taught her what it means to be a mother. When Priscilla dies unexpectedly in childbirth, Rebecca steps forward to adopt the baby. But she is unprepared for what it means to be a white mother with a black son. As she soon learns, navigating motherhood for her is a matter of learning how to raise two children whom she loves with equal ferocity, but whom the world is determined to treat differently.Written with the warmth and psychological acuity that defined his debut, Rumaan Alam has crafted a remarkable novel about the lives we choose, and the lives that are chosen for us.

NAMED ONE OF NPRS BOOKS WE LOVE 2024 ONE OF THE NEW YORKERS BEST BOOKS WEVE READ IN 2024ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POSTS 50 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024 ONE OF KIRKUSS BEST BOOK CLUB FICTION OF 2024ONE OF REAL SIMPLES BEST BOOKS OF 2O24Rumaan Alam is a rarity...Entitlement a psychological thriller that subtly turns into a vicious expose of affluent liberalism also sneaks up on you, and wins you over.The New York Times"A brilliant exploration of extreme wealth and how it bends the lives of those close to it... Alam keeps things crystal clear and speedway fast."The Boston GlobeShould come with an undertow warning.Louise ErdrichA novel of money and morality from the New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World BehindBrooke wants. She isnt in need, but there are things she wants. A sense of purpose, for instance. She wants to make a difference in the world, to impress her mother along the way, to spend time with friends and secure her independence. Her job assisting an octogenarian billionaire in his quest to give away a vast fortune could help her achieve many of these goals. It may inspire new desires as well: proximity to wealth turns out to be nothing less than transformative. What is money, really, but a kind of belief?Taut, unsettling, and alive to the seductive distortions of money, Entitlement is a riveting tale for our new gilded age, a story that confidently considers questions about need and worth, race and privilege, philanthropy and generosity, passion and obsession. It is a provocative, propulsive novel about the American imagination.

This irresistible debut, set in contemporary New York, provides a sharp, insightful look into how the relationship between two best friends changes when they are no longer coming of age but learning how to live adult lives.As close as sisters for twenty years, Sarah and Lauren have been together through high school and college, first jobs and first loves, the uncertainties of their twenties and the realities of their thirties.Sarah, the only child of a prominent intellectual and a socialite, works at a charity and is methodically planning her wedding. Laurenbeautiful, independent, and unpredictableis single and working in publishing, deflecting her parents worries and questions about her life and future by trying not to think about it herself. Each woman enviesand is horrified byparticular aspects of the others life, topics of conversation they avoid with masterful linguistic pirouettes.Once, Sarah and Lauren were inseparable; for a long a time now, theyve been apart. Can two women who rarely see one other, selectively share secrets, and lead different lives still call themselves best friends? Is it their abiding connectionor just force of habitthat keeps them together?With impeccable style, biting humor, and a keen sense of detail, Rumaan Alam deftly explores how the attachments we form in childhood shift as we adapt to our adult livesand how the bonds of friendship endure, even when our paths diverge.

Now a Netflix film starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myhala, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon. Written for the Screen and Directed by Sam Esmail. Executive Producers Barack and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, Rumaan AlamA Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award in FictionOne of Barack Obamas Summer ReadsA Best Book of the Year From: The Washington Post * Time * NPR * Elle * Esquire * Kirkus * Library Journal * The Chicago Public Library * The New York Public Library * BookPage * The Globe and Mail * EW.com * The LA Times * USA Today * InStyle * The New Yorker * AARP * Publishers Lunch * LitHub * Book Marks * Electric Literature * Brooklyn Based * The Boston GlobeA 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 explores how our closest bonds are reshapedand unexpected new ones are forgedin 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 luxurious home theyve rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and G. H. are an older coupleits their house, and theyve arrived in a panic. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. But in this rural areawith the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone serviceits hard to know what to believe.Should Amanda and Clay trust this coupleand vice versa? What happened back in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one other?

Una novel·la magnètica sobre dues famílies que no es coneixen i es veuen obligades viure junts el que sembla la fi del món. LAmanda i en Clay acaben darribar a la casa de luxe que han llogat per una

Escrita antes de la pandemia, Dejar el mundo atrás es una distopía magnética, vibrante y profética.«La novela que buscarán las próximas generaciones cuando quieran saber cómo vivimos la pesadilla del

Escrita antes de la pandemia, Dejar el mundo atrás es una distopía magnetica, vibrante y profetica. "La novela quebuscarán las próximas generaciones cuando quieran saber cómo vivimos la pesadilla del 2020".The Guardian Amanda y Clay se dirigen a un rincon remoto de Long Island con la idea de tomarse un descanso de su ajetreada vida en Nueva York: un respiro de fin de semana en una casa de lujo en compañia de su hijo y su hija. Sin embargo, el hechizo se rompe de madrugada, cuando Ruth y G. H., una pareja mayor, llama a la puerta: son los propietarios de la casa y se han presentado alli en estado de panico con la noticia de que un apagon repentino ha barrido la ciudad. De repente, las dos familias empiezan a presenciar extraños fenomenos de la naturaleza, como una manada de ciervos que huye despavorida y siembra el caos en el jardin.La critica ha dicho..."Una fabula hipnotica y adictiva con ecos de la angustiosa situacion actual. [...] Escrita antes de que se desencadenara esta crisis sanitaria, ofrece muchas claves de este mundo pandemico".El Periodico "Una historia hecha a medida para estos tiempos".The Times"El mundo invisible y terrorifico de este libro

Una novel·la magnètica sobre dues famílies que no es coneixen i es veuen obligades viure junts el que sembla la fi del món. L’Amanda i en Clay acaben d’arribar a la casa de luxe que han llogat per un

Escrita antes de la pandemia, Dejar el mundo atrás es una distopía magnética, vibrante y profética.«La novela que buscarán las próximas generaciones cuando quieran saber cómo vivimos la pesadilla del