If You See Me, Don't Say Hi by Neel Patel

If You See Me, Don't Say Hi by Neel Patel

A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice and an NPR Best Book of the Year

In his sharp, surprising debut, Neel Patel gives voice to our most deeply held stereotypes and then slowly undermines them. His characters, almost all of who are first-generation Indian Americans, subvert our expectations that they will sit quietly by. We meet two brothers caught in an elaborate web of envy and loathing; a young gay man who becomes involved with an older man whose secret he could never guess; three women who almost gleefully throw off the pleasant agreeability society asks of them; and, in the final pair of linked stories, a young couple struggling against the devastating force of community gossip.

If You See Me, Don't Say Hi examines the collisions of old world and new world, small town and big city, traditional beliefs (like arranged marriage) and modern rituals (like Facebook stalking). Ranging across the country, Patel's stories--empathetic, provocative, twisting, mordantly funny, and defiant--contradict the model minority myth, giving us a bold new portrait of the brown experience, and of America.

Patel, Neel: - Neel Patel is a first-generation Indian American who grew up in Champaign, Illinois. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and his short stories have appeared in The Southampton Review, Indiana Review, The American Literary Review, Hyphen Magazine, and on BuzzFeed and Nerve.com. He currently lives in Los Angeles, where he is at work on a novel. If You See Me, Don't Say Hi was his debut.

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ISBN 13	9781250183217
ISBN 10	1250183219
Title	If You See Me, Don't Say Hi
Author	Neel Patel
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Flatiron Books
Year published	2019-07-09
Number of pages	224
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