| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 396 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Omar, Qais Akbar.
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Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Afghanistan -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780374157647 hardback |
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0374157642 hardback |
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