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The haunting of Hajji Hotak : and other stories / Jamil Jan Kochai.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [New York, New York] : Viking, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 270 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593297193
  • 0593297199
Uniform titles:
  • Haunting of Hajji Hotak (Compilation)
Contained works:
  • 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
  • Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992- Tale of Dully's reversion
  • Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992- Haunting of Hajji Hotak
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Playing Metal Gear Solid V: the Phantom Pain -- Return to sender -- Enough! -- Bakhtawara and Miriam -- Hungry Ricky daddy -- Saba's story -- Occupational hazards -- A premonition ; recollected -- Waiting for Gulbuddin -- The parable of the goats -- The tale of Dully's reversion -- The haunting of Hajji Hotak.
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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Fiction KOCHAI, JAMIL Available 33111011019615
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction KOCHAI, JAMIL Checked out 05/17/2024 33111010925325
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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."*

In "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.

The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories 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.

* The New York Times Book Review

"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.

Playing Metal Gear Solid V: the Phantom Pain -- Return to sender -- Enough! -- Bakhtawara and Miriam -- Hungry Ricky daddy -- Saba's story -- Occupational hazards -- A premonition ; recollected -- Waiting for Gulbuddin -- The parable of the goats -- The tale of Dully's reversion -- The haunting of Hajji Hotak.

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