I Will Greet the Sun Again

Khashayar J. Khabushani's debut novel, devoted to adolescence in all its glory and devastation, is a marvel. Reading it, I felt the thrill and joy of encountering a major writer at the beginning of his career -- Megha Majumdar, author of A BURNING A work of meticulous care and genuine candor, one that shies away from no earthly event, yet spiritually soars. To read it is to experience the contradictions of the weighty and the exalted, to witness a self forged by both brutality and love. Khabushani is a poetic visionary, as generous as he is brave -- Heidi Julavits, author of THE FOLDED CLOCK and THE VANISHERS Khashayar J. Khabushani has taken a coming-of-age story and flooded it with light. His sentences are as delicate as ripe berries, yet the voice manages to be intrepid, determined and clear. This is a gorgeous and wrenching debut from a writer I'll be following for many years to come -- Catherine Lacey, author of NOBODY IS EVER MISSING Why wasn't Khabushani's I Will Greet the Sun Again around when I was ten, when I was twenty? This is a book I've dreamt of reading my whole life. How to mourn the loss of a country that has become unrecognizable, while living across the world in one that doesn't recognize you? How to dismantle the brutal ways men teach each other to (not) love other men? What to do with the love you still feel, however guiltily, for those who treated you violently? I wish I'd had Khabushani's clarified language for these questions to guide me my whole life. Better late than never, Khashayar J. Khabushani. I am jealous of the generation of people who will grow up in a world with I Will Greet the Sun Again in it. I will be thinking about these characters for the rest of my life -- Kaveh Akbar, author of PILGRIM BELL Deeply moving and courageous, I Will Greet the Sun Again explores the sense of loss and violence inherent in the immigrant experience. An intimate and unflinching story about the ways in which we hurt each other and how we all need love and acceptance to survive -- Sahar Delijani, author of CHILDREN OF THE JACARANDA TREE A tender, heartbreaking portrait of a sweet child living in a broken world. Khabushani is an incredibly talented writer -- Imbolo Mbue, author of BEHOLD THE DREAMERS and HOW BEAUTIFUL WE WERE I WILL GREET THE SUN AGAIN is exquisite, heart-breaking, incredibly beautiful. The whole narrative thrums with a bright, warm longing. You can feel the sunshine of LA and Iran, the rhythm of Khashayar J Khabushani's voice. This is a novel to return to again and again. -- Caleb Azumah Nelson, award-winning, bestselling author of OPEN WATER Brilliant, burningly honest -- Edmund White I Will Greet the Sun Again is a story for us brown kids who grew up in apartment complexes, making our own breakfast, lunch, and dinners because our immigrant parents were away at work. It takes us into the private kingdom of three siblings-don't be fooled by the perceived lack of material things, the book's heart-wrenching prose uncovers the jewels that lie beneath a never-ending hustle to make it to the next day. Khabushani's voice is a revelation; he's written a novel that shows what it means to grow up into a beautiful young man -- Javier Zamora