{"product_id":"the-haunting-of-hajji-hotak-and-other-stories-9780593297216","title":"The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE, AND THE 2023 O. HENRY PRIZE \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2022 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An endlessly inventive and moving collection from a thrilling and capacious young talent.\" --Jess Walter, author of \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Ruins.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePen\/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.\"* \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,\" a young man's video game experience turns into a surreal exploration on his own father's memories of war and occupation. Set in Kabul, \"Return to Sender\" follows two married doctors driven by guilt to leave the US and care for their fellow Afghans, even when their own son disappears. A college student in the US in \"Hungry Ricky Daddy\" starves himself in protest of Israeli violence against Palestine. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving exploration of characters grappling with the ghosts of war and displacement--and one that speaks to the immediate political landscape we reckon with today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jamil Jan Kochai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593297216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJamil Jan Kochai \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003e99 Nights in Logar\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Pen\/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. He was born in an Afghan refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan, but he originally hails from Logar, Afghanistan. His short stories and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Prize Stories 2018\u003c\/i\u003e. Currently, he is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jamil Jan Kochai \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47733896806557,"sku":"9780593297216","price":29.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_9057e5eb-ee4e-4dfc-9e17-a98a9280de4d.jpg?v=1773738161","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-haunting-of-hajji-hotak-and-other-stories-9780593297216","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}