The Gifts of the State and Other Stories
New Writing from Afghanistan
Fiction & Literature, Anthologies
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781941088029 | |
| Publisher: | Dzanc Books | Publication: | December 4, 2014 |
| Imprint: | DISQUIET | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781941088029 |
| Publisher: | Dzanc Books |
| Publication: | December 4, 2014 |
| Imprint: | DISQUIET |
| Language: | English |
The Gifts of the State and Other Stories: Afghan Authors Under Thirty radically re-shapes our idea of Afghanistan as a place of unquestioning religiosity, brutal sexism, and anti-American and Russian resistance. Rather, employing stark naturalism, surrealistic and genre elements, these writers bravely depict western-styled women in former Russian apartments and men obsessed with fantasies based on Mickey Spillane novels.
The Gifts of the State and Other Stories: Afghan Authors Under Thirty radically re-shapes our idea of Afghanistan as a place of unquestioning religiosity, brutal sexism, and anti-American and Russian resistance. Rather, employing stark naturalism, surrealistic and genre elements, these writers bravely depict western-styled women in former Russian apartments and men obsessed with fantasies based on Mickey Spillane novels.
