The Blood of Things

Name: The Blood of Things
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A Love Letter to Afghanistan

Jamaluddin Aram

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McClelland & Stewart Inc.
15 September 2026

Diaries, letters & journals; Refugees & political asylum; Gender studies, gender groups

An exquisite debut collection on writing, exile, and rebuilding community after losing your homeland.

In elegantly written and meticulously observed essays including ""Afghanistan, the Beautiful Land of Endless Suffering,"" ""The Blood of Things,"" and ""Small Memories,"" Jamaluddin Aram examines the complexities of his place of birth and the demands of forging a career in writing. He explores themes such as displacement, ethnic discrimination, and exile, balanced by the lightness of memory, friendship, and hope. In prose that is at once highly political and deeply personal, Aram writes about ""the terrible responsibility of war,"" the fall of Kabul, and an account that connects his great-grandfather to the medieval Order of Assassins, and subverts entrenched portrayals of his people in popular culture, among other subjects, in a collection that is both sweeping and intimate, immersive and provocative, and which fully reveals his talent as an exciting new voice in nonfiction.

By: Jamaluddin Aram
Imprint: McClelland & Stewart Inc.
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 391g
ISBN: 9780771019722
ISBN 10: 0771019726
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 September 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

JAMALUDDIN ARAM is an Afghan-Canadian writer. His short story ""This Hard Easy Life"" was a finalist for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award in 2020. His debut novel, Nothing Good Happens in Wazirabad on Wednesday, won the 2024 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Literary Fiction. He is the associate producer of the Oscar nominated film Buzkashi Boys. He lives in Toronto.