Leave the world behind

Author's name: Ramman Alam

“A bewitching and deeply disturbing masterpiece” – Shelf Awareness

• “‘Leave the World Behind’ is the perfect title for a book that begins with the promise of utopia and then journeys far beyond that dream to wherever our worst fears can take us. It is one of those rarest of books: a true thriller, a brilliant summation of our anxious times, and a work of supreme literary merit, deserving of a place among the classics of dystopian literature.” – The Washington Post

An enjoyable novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced to spend a long weekend together, and things take a terrible turn!

A compelling, exciting, and provocative work about the world we live in now, deeply attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class, Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped and unexpected new ones are formed in moments of crisis, and how the most terrifying situations are never far from reality.

Amanda and Clay head to a remote corner of Long Island, anticipating a vacation: a quiet respite from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the easy life in the luxurious house they've rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and J.H., an older couple—it's their home, and they've arrived in a state of panic—bring the news that a sudden, total blackout has swept the town. But in this rural area, with television and internet now down, and no cell service, it's hard to know what to believe.

Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple, and vice versa? What happened in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, really a safe place for their families? And are they safe from each other?