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A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story

A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story

Omar, Qais Akbar

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Publisher Price: $28.99

ISBN10: 1250043654
ISBN13: 9781250043658
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: Apr 8 2014
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.73 Width: 5.76 Depth: 8.22
Language: English

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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