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kbratten 's review for:
The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
by Jamil Jan Kochai
Really, truly stunning. Kochai paints a vivid picture of the Afghan diaspora, with full and imaginative stories, richly drawn and packing a punch. He doesn't shy away from violence, geopolitics, and the identity crisis of the Afghan characters, but they don't feel shoe-horned in or too heavy-handed. Characters are mostly male, and I see likely blindspots as a male in the culture, but the women he does feature are generally fully formed, so I don't begrudge his perspective. The audiobook was excellently narrated.