Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story-Quality Guarantee

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Title: Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story

Author: Qais Akbar Omar

ISBN: 9781250043658

Publisher: Picador Paper

Published: 2014

Binding: Paperback

Language: English

Edition: Reprint

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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.