A History Of BurningOne of the New York Times 100 Notable Books Longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, the Asian Pacific American Award for Literature in Adult Fiction for 2024 In 1898, Pirbhai, a teenage boy looking for work, is taken from his village in India to labor for the British on the East African Railway. Far from home, Pirbhai commits a brutal act in the name of survival that will haunt him and his family for years to come. So begins Janika Ozas