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A Poet and Bin-Laden (Paperback)
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A Poet and Bin-Laden (Paperback)
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List price R521
Loot Price R459
Discovery Miles 4 590
You Save R62 (12%)
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The story begins on the eve of 9/11, with the narrator's haunting
description of the airplane attack on the Twin Towers as seen on TV
while he is on holiday in Central Asia. Subsequent chapters shift
backwards and forwards in time, but two main themes emerge: the
rise of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan under the charismatic
but reclusive leadership of Tahir Yuldash and Juma Namangani; and
the main character, poet Belgi's movement from the outer edge of
the circle, from the mountains of Osh, into the inner sanctum of
al-Qaeda, and ultimately to a meeting with Sheikh bin Laden
himself. His journey begins with a search for a Sufi spiritual
master and ends in guerrilla warfare, and it is this tension
between a transcendental and a violent response to oppression,
between the book and the bomb, that gives the novel its specific
poignancy. Along the way, Ismailov provides wonderfully vivid
accounts of historical events (as witnessed by Belgi) such as the
siege of Kunduz, the breakout from Shebergan prison - a kind of
Afghan Guantanamo - and the insurgency in the Ferghana Valley.
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