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    Nazar

    By Andrew Kooman

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    The award-winning short story by Andrew Kooman, winner of the 2004 Hobson Prize for Fiction.

    A young Canadian college student tutors Nazar, a refugee from Afghanistan, in English. Unable to communicate with each other beyond basic words and signs, the young man tries to piece together the story of Nazar’s flight from the Taliban, through Pakistan into Canada.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndrew Kooman
    Release dateNov 13, 2009
    ISBN9781102467649
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    Andrew Kooman

    Andrew Kooman is an award-winning writer and producer. His critically acclaimed work has been produced around the world and translated into more than 10 languages. Andrew writers for the page stage and screen.

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