Earth and Ashes
$24.36
- Paperback
64 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2003
Summary
‘It has the feel of a book of great antiquity and authority; you could more readily level the Afghan mountains than damage the dreaming culture that Earth and Ashes both embodies and silently trusts’ The Times
Earth and Ashes is a story of such spareness and power it leaves the reader reeling. Set during the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, it is a fable about war, family, home and tradition. An old man and his grandson sit in a deserted landscape of dusty roads and looming…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099442127 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099442124 |
| Author: | Atiq Rahimi |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2003 |
| Weight: | 53g |
| Dimensions: | 5mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Terribly poignant
Terribly poignant * Times Literary Supplement *
Novel, short story, fable? - it doesn’t matter. This short book has a sadness that breaks your heart and a visual beauty shot through with the horror of war. Every word, every tear, every gesture is significant * Nouvel Observateur *
Dense, provocative and, most of all revelatory – Claire Allfree * Metro *
A hallucinatory, tragic cry of despair * Le Monde *
With this novel Rahimi picks up a shard of broken glass and sees the whole truth of his devastated country * Der Spiegel *
Atiq Rahimi
Born in Afghanistan in 1962, Atiq Rahimi fled to France in 1984. There he has made a name as a writer, film and documentary maker of exceptional note. The film of his first novel, Earth and Ashes, was in the Official Selection at Cannes, 2004. He is adapting his second novel, A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear, for the screen. Since 2001, he has returned to Afghanistan many times to set up a Writers’ House in Kabul and offer support and training to young writers and film-makers. He lives in Paris.
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