The Vanishings by Kavi Yaga
from Texas Review Press
Kaveh Akbar’s selection for the 2026 George Garrett Fiction Prize
Eight jeweled hauntings: the disappeared and disappearing, the once-longed-for, the self, the empty door . . . each story immerses you in an intimate, propulsive life that will lodge in your bones. Devastatingly comedic and heartbreaking, together, this collection offers an expansive portrait of South Indian life in today’s 21st-century, global world.
