The Hippo Girl And Other Stories
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Shah Tazrian Ashrafi
A young girl becomes obsessed with hippos when her parents’ lives end tragically, and the village avoids her. A boy, whose family is driven away from their village because of state violence, witnesses his twin brother’s death. A half-blind boy is relentlessly bullied. The short stories in this debut collection, set in Bangladesh, explore civil war, rage, family dynamics, violence and grief.
Hachette, Rs 399, 192 pages
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