Exit West
Ranked #13 in Pakistan, Ranked #14 in Immigration — see more rankings.
In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet—sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair and are soon cloistered in a premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors—doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price. As the violence escalates, Nadia and Saeed decide that they no longer have a choice. Leaving their homeland and their old lives behind, they... more
Rankings by Category
Exit West is ranked in the following categories:
- #83 in 2017
- #56 in Citizenship
- #27 in Magical Realism
- #31 in Middle East
- #86 in NPR
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