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A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story

Autor Qais Akbar Omar
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 apr 2014

Twenty-three years ago after the Soviets left and before the Taliban came to power Kabul was a garden where seven-year-old Qais Akbar Omar flew kites from the roof of his grandfather's house. Then came the hollow sounds of rocket fire as the Mujahedin, self-proclaimed holy warriors, took over Afghanistan, and the country erupted in civil war. Omar's family fled, leaving everything behind to take shelter in an old fort. But after a narrow escape from death, his father decided that the family must leave the country.

Yet the journey proved more difficult than anticipated, and in this stunning coming-of-age memoir, Omar offers a moving recollection of these events a story of daily hardships, relieved by moments of joy and immense beauty. Inflected with folktales and steeped in poetry, "A Fort of Nine Towers" is a life-affirming triumph."

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781250043658
ISBN-10: 1250043654
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 146 x 209 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Picador USA

Descriere

A young Afghan man's searing and redemptive memoir of his family and country. Omar survived imprisonment and opened a secret carpet factory to provide work for girls who were forbidden to go to leave their homes. Inflected with folktales, steeped in poetry, this book is a life-affirming triumph.