Rumaan Alam

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 they've rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and G. H. are an older couple—it's their house, and they've arrived in a panic. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. But in this rural area—with the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone service—it's hard to know what to believe.Should Amanda and Clay trust thiscouple—and 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 Alam's third novel is keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class.Leave the World Behindexplores how our closest bonds are reshaped—and unexpected new ones are forged—in moments of crisis.

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

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

L?Amanda i en Clay acaben d?arribar a la casa de luxe que han llogat per una setmana per gaudir de les seves vacances: un descans de la vida a Nova York per passar temps de qualitat amb els seus fills adolescents i un tast del que es la bona vida. Pero un truc a la porta a altes hores de la nit trenca l?encanteri. La Ruth i en G. H., una parella mes gran, negra, que afirma ser propietaria de la casa, hi han arribat aterrits. Aquests desconeguts diuen que una caiguda electrica general i sobtada ha deixat la ciutat col·lapsada i, sense cap altre lloc on recorrer, han vingut a la casa buscant refugi. Plena de suspens i totalment provocadora, Deixar el mon enrere mostra la complexitat de la paternitat, les questions de raça i de classe social, i explora com es transformen els nostres vincles mes forts -i se?n forgen de nous- en els moments de crisi.

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

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