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Starred Review on July 1, 2022 | Short But Mighty
Following up the Pen/Hemingway finalist 99 Nights in Logar, Kochai offers extraordinary stories embracing Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora in language that's scathing, sharply whittled, and sometimes absurdist or even surreal. An obsessive video-gaming teenager, resigned to killing fighters onscreen that resemble his father, actually spots him and a now-dead uncle in a game and seeks to rescue them, while U.S.-based husband-and-wife doctor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More