OPEN SESAME: A FARISIAN ANALYSIS OF EXIT WEST AS A MAGICAL REALIST NOVEL

Abstract

Mohsin Hamid has couched his novel Exit West in magical realist chromes to highlight the issue of migration which was most problematic at the time of its publication. The present study analyses this extraordinary narrative in the light of the theoretical insights of Wendy B. Faris in order to determine how
successfully Hamid has employed this post-modern mode and through it, contributed a worthwhile share to the bulk of this prevalent and most popular technique of writing. The study is qualitative, explorative and argumentative in nature which establishes that Hamid has aroused awareness about the plight of refugees who were banned from many metropolitan centres of the world and expounded his views on the solution of the refugee crisis and magical realism has served his purpose most appropriately and effectively.