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The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
Jamil Jan Kochai
Viking
July 2022
On Sale: July 19, 2022
288 pages ISBN: 0593297199 EAN: 9780593297193 Kindle: B09FP5LB13 Hardcover / e-Book
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Novella / Short Story
Pen/Hemingway finalist Jamil Jan Kochai breathes life
into his contemporary Afghan characters, exploring heritage
and memory from the homeland to the diaspora in the United
States, in the spiritual and physical lands these
unforgettable characters inhabit.
In playing
"Metal Gear Solid V," a young man's video game experience
turns into a surreal exploration on his own father's
memories of war and occupation. A college student in "Hungry
Ricky Daddy" starves himself in protest of Israeli violence
against Palestine. Set in Kabul, "Return to Sender" follows
a doctor couple who must deal with the harsh realities of
their decision to stay as the violence grows and their son
disappears. And in the title story, "The Haunting of Hajji
Hotak," we learn the story of a man codenamed Hajji, from
the perspective of a government surveillance worker, who
becomes entrenched in the immigrant family's life.
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