Deepak Unnikrishnan

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Deepak Unnikrishnan is a writer from Abu Dhabi and a resident of the States, who has lived in Teaneck, New Jersey, Brooklyn, New York and Chicago, Illinois. He has studied and taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and presently teaches at New York University Abu Dhabi. Temporary People, his first book, was the inaugural winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing.

 

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Temporary People
Temporary People
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By Deepak Unnikrishnan

Winner of The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing

Winner of The Hindu Prize

Best Books of 2017: Booklist, Kirkus, San Francisco Chronicle

"Guest workers of the United Arab Emirates embody multiple worlds and identities and long for home in a fantastical debut work of fiction, winner of the inaugural Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing.… An enchanting, unparalleled anthem of displacement and repatriation."

—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

Paperback • ISBN: 9781632061423
Publication date: Mar 14, 2017

 
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