A House Without Windows

Name: A House Without Windows
Author: Nadia Hashimi

by Nadia Hashimi

Afghan widow imprisoned in home struggles with confinement and isolation

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Nadia Hashimi

Afghan-American novelist whose fiction explores the lives of Afghan women across history with compassionate intelligence. The Pearl That Broke Its Shell became a bestseller. She is an important voice in Afghan-American literary fiction.

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