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FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION

WINNER OF THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE, AND THE 2023 O. HENRY PRIZE

NAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2022

An endlessly inventive and moving collection from a thrilling and capacious young talent. —Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins.

A luminous new collection of stories from a young writer who “has brought his culture’s rich history, mythology, and lyricism to American letters.” —Sandra Cisneros

Pen/Hemingway finalist Jamil Jan Kochai ​breathes life into his contemporary Afghan characters, moving between modern-day Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora in America. In these arresting stories verging on both comedy and tragedy, often starring young characters whose bravado is matched by their tenderness, Kochai once again captures “a singular, resonant voice, an American teenager raised by Old World Afghan storytellers.&rdquo

The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories

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      Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 19/07/2022
      ISBN13: 9780593297193, 978-0593297193
      ISBN10: 0593297199

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION

      WINNER OF THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE, AND THE 2023 O. HENRY PRIZE

      NAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2022

      An endlessly inventive and moving collection from a thrilling and capacious young talent. —Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins.

      A luminous new collection of stories from a young writer who “has brought his culture’s rich history, mythology, and lyricism to American letters.” —Sandra Cisneros

      Pen/Hemingway finalist Jamil Jan Kochai ​breathes life into his contemporary Afghan characters, moving between modern-day Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora in America. In these arresting stories verging on both comedy and tragedy, often starring young characters whose bravado is matched by their tenderness, Kochai once again captures “a singular, resonant voice, an American teenager raised by Old World Afghan storytellers.&rdquo

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