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Cargando... El Fuerte de las Nueve Torrespor Qais Akbar Omar
   Writers at Risk (63) Afghanistan (28) Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.   ) javierren | Aug 7, 2022 | 
 Omar's biography chronicles his own life and that of his family. As Afghanistan moves through Russian invasion, Communist rule, mujahedin conflicts, the Taliban and the Western intervention, so, too, does Omar.… Omar's flair is to be dramatic but not theatrical, to be acutely sensitive but not desensitised. That is a rare gift, in a special book. The product of an immensely talented writer, “A Fort of Nine Towers” puts a human face on the violent history of Afghanistan.… The daily struggles of Omar’s family to survive endless war, hunger and poverty demonstrate the remarkable ability of human beings to love and support one another despite the dire conditions in which they live. Mind-boggling yet matter-of-fact, “A Fort of Nine Towers” is the memoir of a childhood in ’90s Afghanistan — a riveting story of war as seen through a child’s eyes and summoned from an adult’s memory.… Omar’s retelling startlingly transforms each horror into a reminder of what lies beneath the rubble: an openhearted, hospitable community of generous, gregarious people, “one minute laughing and the next minute shouting” and always fiercely loyal to their kind. Among Omar's many achievements, his greatest is in capturing a child's world without undercutting the depth in his book. Omar reveals character with the economy of a seasoned novelist. His deeply religious grandfather, the family's revered patriarch; his proud father, humiliated by his inability to protect them; his devoted mother and teasing older sister all live on the page, as does the deaf-mute carpet weaver he encounters during their flight. She imparts without words the skill that gives Omar a trade and a reason to persevere in the bleakest days of Taliban oppression, and his book -- tender and hopeful against all odds -- closes with the wish that they will meet again. PremiosDistinciones
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. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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