Exit West Alexander Pushkin stands as the supreme achievement

stands as the supreme achievement of his career

and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans

Amy Liptrot finds herself washed up back home on Orkney

the focus of gossip and malice

Exit West Alexander Pushkin stands as the supreme achievementIn a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meetsensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair and are soon cloistered in a premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doorsdoors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price.