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Forced Migration and the Empowering Potential of Exile in Mohsin Hamid's Exit West and Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner
Abstract
Hamid's Exit West and Hosseini's The Kite Runner present an exquisitely artistic snapshot of forced migration and its corollary border crossings. In both narratives, the characters inhabit a world in which they are fettered by forces beyond their control. Forced out of their homeland, the protagonists scrape their way to exile in quest not only of a safe haven, but also of a new beginning. While diverse academic studies equate displacement with alienation and uprootedness, this chapter gestures toward the beyond and investigates the empowering dimension of exile. Exit West foregrounds the surreal, yet evocative, mechanism of magical doors, symbolizing the fluidity of borders. Conversely, Hosseini's metaphorical reference to The Kite Runner as ‘a true story' confers a realistic touch on a fictional landscape where identity reconstruction is set against the backdrop of mobility. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach inspired by Postcolonial and Diaspora studies, the study examines how both texts explore the transformative power of exile.
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