How to Pronounce Knife is a literary fiction book by author Souvankham Thammavongsa.
In the theme story of Souvankham Thammavongsa’s debut anthology, a young girl brings home a book from school and asks her father to help her pronounce a difficult word, a simple exchange with unforgettable consequences. Thammavongsa is a master at focusing on moments of exposure, dislocation, and sense of confusion that push us beyond the limits of language.

The story that makes up How to Pronounce Knife focuses on characters struggling to make a living in a foreign territory or to switch between idioms, cultures, and values.
A failed boxer discovers what it really means to be a champion when he starts painting his nails at his sister’s salon. A young woman tries to discern invisible but immutable social hierarchies at a chicken processing factory. A mother teaches her daughter the challenging art of worm harvesting.

Thammavongsa questions the meaning of making a living, working and creating meaning.

• How to Pronounce Knife

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• By: Souvankham Thammavongsa

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