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Then one day news arrives that makes each generation question how far they are willing to go, and who they are willing to defy, to secure a place of their own in the world. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA masterful and breathtakingly intimate saga of colonialism and exile, complicity and resistance,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA History of Burning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a radiant debut about the stories our families choose to share—and those that remain unspoken.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eJANIKA OZA is the winner of a 2022 O. Henry Award and the 2020 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShort Fiction Award. 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