Earth and Ashes - Hardcover

Rahimi, Atiq; Goknar, Erdag

 
9780151006984: Earth and Ashes

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A haunting short novel set during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan follows Dastaguir, an elderly man who witnesses the destruction of his village and the deaths of his family, who sets out through the devastated landscape, accompanied by his young grandson Yassin, left deaf from the bombing, to search for the coal mine where the boy's father works. A first novel. 20,000 first printing.

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Born in Kabul in 1962, Atiq Rahimi was seventeen years old when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. He left the country during the war, eventually obtaining political asylum in France. Rahimi now lives in Paris, where he makes documentary films. Earth and Ashes is his first book.


Born in Kabul in 1962, Atiq Rahimi was seventeen years old when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. He left the country during the war, eventually obtaining political asylum in France. Rahimi now lives in Paris, where he makes documentary films.Earth and Ashes is his first book.

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