{"product_id":"9781526664723","title":"The Haunting of Hajji Hotak","description":"Author: Kochai, Jamil Jan\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526664723\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA finalist for the National Book Award - a luminous new collection of stories from a young writer with 'a singular, resonant voice, an American teenager raised by Old World Afghan storytellers' (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e**WINNER OF A 2023 O. HENRY PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION**\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e**FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE \u003ci\u003eLA TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK PRIZE FOR FICTION**\u003cbr\u003e**NAMED A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 BY THE \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER \u003c\/i\u003eAND THE \u003ci\u003eATLANTIC**\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An endlessly inventive and moving collection from a thrilling and capacious young talent' Jess Walter, author of \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Ruins.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Kochai's short fiction defies expectations     readers' expectations of what a story should look like, and the story of a nation often told reductively and exclusively through media headlines' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636911067294,"sku":"UBD-9781526664723","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526664723.jpg?v=1774399487","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526664723","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}