This is an essential reads list for fiction written in the last 10 years. The last selection is actually a short story and not quite a book as the title claims. Short stories deserve distinction just as much as the novel. But, before I take that tangent further, this list needs to apologize to JM Coetzee and Haruki Murakami among others.
Ok, I'll stop, here's the list of fiction books you must read:
Debut from Author Porochista Khakpour
It's always nice to find an author just at the start of their career.This book, Sons and Other Flammable Objects by Porochista Khakpour is the debut novel from a writer we should all hope to hear more from.
The story, which mostly follows a boy named Xerces as he forges through childhood and adulthood with his comical and hardheaded Persian father Darius.
Insightfully funny, Khakpour tangles her characters inside American culture exposing its tragic and endless misunderstandings. That skill reminds me of the contagious William Saroyan.
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