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White Tears

by Hari Kunzru

PEN/Jean Stein · 2018 · ShortlistKirkus Prize · 2017 · Shortlist
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KnopfLiterary FictionMystery & CrimeISBN 9780385354233

Award History

AwardYearStatus
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award2018Shortlist
Kirkus Prize (Fiction)Fiction2017Shortlist

About This Book

Hari Kunzru's novel follows two young white men who become obsessed with vintage Black blues recordings and find themselves haunted by the history they are appropriating. Shortlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award.

About the Author

Hari KunzruBritish

Hari Kunzru (born 1969) is a British novelist born in London to an Indian father of Kashmiri Pandit descent and a British mother. American Academy in Berlin. His most notable works include the novels The Impressionist (2002), Transmission (2004), Gods Without Men (2011), White Tears (2017), Red Pill (2020), and Blue Ruin (2024), for which he has received awards such as the Betty Trask Prize, Somerset Maugham Award, and the 2024 Chowdhury Prize for Literature. Read more →

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