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The haunting of Hajji Hotak : and other stories / Jamil Jan Kochai.
Van Pelt Library PS3611.O343 H38 2022
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Haunting of Hajji Hotak (Compilation)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afghans--Fiction.
- Afghans.
- Fathers and sons--Fiction.
- Fathers and sons.
- Afghanistan--Fiction.
- Afghanistan.
- Genre:
- short stories.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 270 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Viking, [2022]
- Summary:
- "A luminous meditation on sons and fathers, ghosts of war, and living history that moves between modern-day Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- American Book Awards - Winner, 2023
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Contains:
- Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992- Playing Metal Gear Solid V.
- Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992- Return to sender.
- Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992- Enough!
- Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992- Bakhtawara and Miraim.
- Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992- Hungry Ricky Daddy.
- Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992- Saba's story.
- Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992- Occupational hazards.
- Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992- Premonition.
- Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992- Waiting for Gulbuddin.
- Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992- Parable of the goats.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992- Haunting of Hajji Hotak
- ISBN:
- 9780593297193
- 0593297199
- OCLC:
- 1302335673
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