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A fort of nine towers : an Afghan family story
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Title
A fort of nine towers : an Afghan family story / Qais Akbar Omar.
ISBN
9780374157647 (hbk.)
0374157642 (hbk.)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Physical Description
viii, 396 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Summary
A young Afghan man's memoir of his family and country in which the horrors and perils he faced, his imprisonment, and his quiet resistance explore life in a country whose history has become deeply entwined with the United States, but has eluded understanding.
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Fort of 9 towers
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 22, 2013
Contents
The holy warriors. In the time before ; Allah-hu-Akbar ; The other side of the mountain ; To be a family again ; The long road home ; Under the earth
Flight. The North ; The garden of Hamza's father ; Inside the head of Buddha ; Borderlands ; My teacher ; Caravan
In the time of Shaitan. The gold ; Wakeel ; Inferno ; The dog
The triumph of madness. A new kind of justice ; The prison ; A precious jewel ; The length of a hair ; The secret of the pigeons ; University of Taliban ; Grandfather ; One knot at a time ; A change in the air
A journey still.
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