Three by Atiq Rahimi

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Other Press , 2013Description: 412 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781590516300
Contained works:
  • Rahimi, Atiq (, 1962)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • FIC RAH
LOC classification:
  • PK6878.9.R34 A2 2013
Contents:
Earth and ashes / translated by Erdag M. Goknar -- A thousand rooms of dream and fear / translated by Sarah Maguire and Yama Yari -- The patience stone = (Sang-e saboor) / with an introduction by Khaled Hosseini ; translated by Polly McLean.
Summary: Atiq Rahimi's reputation for writing war stories of immense drama and intimacy begins with his first novel, Earth and Ashes, a story about fathers and sons and the terrible strain inflicted on families after an Afghan village is destroyed by the Russian army. A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear takes place in 1979, as Kabul is going through a period of social and political uipheaval. The Patience Stone is a tale of a woman caring for her brain-damaged husband, who was shot in the neck during a petty conflict.
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Earth and ashes / translated by Erdag M. Goknar -- A thousand rooms of dream and fear / translated by Sarah Maguire and Yama Yari -- The patience stone = (Sang-e saboor) / with an introduction by Khaled Hosseini ; translated by Polly McLean.

Atiq Rahimi's reputation for writing war stories of immense drama and intimacy begins with his first novel, Earth and Ashes, a story about fathers and sons and the terrible strain inflicted on families after an Afghan village is destroyed by the Russian army. A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear takes place in 1979, as Kabul is going through a period of social and political uipheaval. The Patience Stone is a tale of a woman caring for her brain-damaged husband, who was shot in the neck during a petty conflict.

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