A fort of nine towers : an Afghan family story
Omar, Qais Akbar,
A fort of nine towers : an Afghan family story - First Picador edition. - xii, 396 pages : maps ; 21 cm
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.
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.
9781250043658 1250043654
Omar, Qais Akbar.
Afghanistan--Social conditions--20th century.
Afghanistan--Biography.
CT1878.O63 / A3 2014
958.104092 B
A fort of nine towers : an Afghan family story - First Picador edition. - xii, 396 pages : maps ; 21 cm
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.
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.
9781250043658 1250043654
Omar, Qais Akbar.
Afghanistan--Social conditions--20th century.
Afghanistan--Biography.
CT1878.O63 / A3 2014
958.104092 B