Exit West

A novel that speaks very much of our times. In a middle-eastern country of conflict, two young people fall in love. Magical portals open across the globe, allowing passage from one to another, leading to a new sort of mass migration. Yet nothing is simple, and there's chaos and policing, refugee camps, xenophobia and shortages wherever you go. Despite it all the book is very hopeful. The writing is simple and gentle and poetic. A fast read. Hamid uses the device of magical realism - the doors - way better than Whitehead has done with the railroad in [b:The Underground Railroad 30555488 The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1493178362s/30555488.jpg 48287641]. (Still peeved the railroad qualified that one as contender to win scifi prizes).