“A wonderfully rich portrait of friends bound by a childhood experience of deprivation, pursuing wildly different ambitions in India, Great Britain, and the United States. Pankaj Mishra writes with great intelligence and lyrical beauty about the perennial struggle for dignity and stability in a rapidly changing world―and how in this process identities are reinvented, reclaimed or renegotiated, sometimes with violent consequences.”
— Laila Lalami, author of The Moor's Account
“A profound, extraordinarily written, and devastating exploration of the ways the personal is always already the political, Run and Hide takes the temperature of the 'current moment' and gives us cogent, coherent answers for how we got here. Mishra has imbricated the individual, the primary subject of the novel form, in the dense forces of history and in the process created something new and unforgettable.’”
— Neel Mukherjee, author of The Lives of Others
“This powerful novel is a searing examination of our recent cultural and political trajectory, a surprising meditation on the role of the writer in times such as ours, a fragile love story, and an unforgiving look at where we are headed. It is, in other words, a book that demands to be read and rewards reading.””
— Mohsin Hamid, author of Exit West
“Pankaj Mishra transforms a visceral, intimate story of one man’s humble origins into a kaleidoscopic portrait of a society bedazzled by power and wealth―what it means on a human level, and what it costs. Run and Hide is a spectacular, illuminating work of fiction.”
— Jennifer Egan, author of Manhattan Beach
“Terrific . . . Elegantly written, incisively observed, and deeply satisfying to read.”
— Kamila Shamsie, author of Home Fire
Run and Hide
Year
2022
Pages
224
Praise
“A wonderfully rich portrait of friends bound by a childhood experience of deprivation, pursuing wildly different ambitions in India, Great Britain, and the United States. Pankaj Mishra writes with great intelligence and lyrical beauty about the perennial struggle for dignity and stability in a rapidly changing world―and how in this process identities are reinvented, reclaimed or renegotiated, sometimes with violent consequences.”
— Laila Lalami, author of The Moor's Account
“A profound, extraordinarily written, and devastating exploration of the ways the personal is always already the political, Run and Hide takes the temperature of the 'current moment' and gives us cogent, coherent answers for how we got here. Mishra has imbricated the individual, the primary subject of the novel form, in the dense forces of history and in the process created something new and unforgettable.’”
— Neel Mukherjee, author of The Lives of Others
“This powerful novel is a searing examination of our recent cultural and political trajectory, a surprising meditation on the role of the writer in times such as ours, a fragile love story, and an unforgiving look at where we are headed. It is, in other words, a book that demands to be read and rewards reading.””
— Mohsin Hamid, author of Exit West
“Pankaj Mishra transforms a visceral, intimate story of one man’s humble origins into a kaleidoscopic portrait of a society bedazzled by power and wealth―what it means on a human level, and what it costs. Run and Hide is a spectacular, illuminating work of fiction.”
— Jennifer Egan, author of Manhattan Beach
“Terrific . . . Elegantly written, incisively observed, and deeply satisfying to read.”
— Kamila Shamsie, author of Home Fire
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