Discontent And Its Civilizations / Mohsin Hamid

Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York and London is a 2014 essay collection by Mohsin Hamid. The book compiles his non-fiction writings on diverse subjects, exploring how "seismic change" from the "war on terror" to globalization has created new and old tensions between the personal and political. Hamid draws on his own experience as a "water lily"—having lived in Pakistan, the US, and the UK—to explore themes of identity, belonging, migration, and the "hybridity" of modern life.