The World With Its Mouth Open
By Zahid Rafiq
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By Zahid Rafiq
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A New Yorker Best Book of the Year
As heard on NPR’s Weekend Edition
Finalist for the 2025 CLMP Firecracker Award
“An utterly exquisite debut.”—Emily Fridlund, author of History of Wolves
In eleven stories, The World With Its Mouth Open follows the inner lives of people in Kashmir as they walk the uncertain terrain of their days, fractured from years of war. From a shopkeeper’s encounter with a mannequin, to an expectant mother walking on a precarious road, to a young boy wavering between dream...
As heard on NPR’s Weekend Edition
Finalist for the 2025 CLMP Firecracker Award
“An utterly exquisite debut.”—Emily Fridlund, author of History of Wolves
In eleven stories, The World With Its Mouth Open follows the inner lives of people in Kashmir as they walk the uncertain terrain of their days, fractured from years of war. From a shopkeeper’s encounter with a mannequin, to an expectant mother walking on a precarious road, to a young boy wavering between dream...






















