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A Fort of Nine Towers (Paperback, Australia/New Zealand ed)
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A Fort of Nine Towers (Paperback, Australia/New Zealand ed)
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With all the emotional power of The Kite Runner, this is the very
first true life account of growing up in Afghanistan, by a writer
who still lives in Kabul. Qais Akbar Omar's young life coincided
with one of the most convulsive decades in Afghan history: civil
war, the rise of the Taliban, and the arrival of international
troops in 2001. A Fort of Nine Towers, named for the place his
parents first sought shelter from war, is the story of Qais' family
and their remarkable survival. When the fighting came, this group
of tenacious and deeply loving people was buffeted from one part of
Afghanistan to the next, 'like kittens in the jaws of a lion'. They
set up camp on the plains, in the Buddha caves at Bamiyan, and
later with Kuchi nomads, before they were finally able to return to
Kabul - where in many senses their trials were just beginning. As
he shares this long journey, through terror, loss, heartbreak, and
sudden moments of joy, Qais' spirit never ceases to shine. This is
an extraordinary book about a beautiful and civilized country
ravaged by war, and about the power of stories to embolden,
console, and bind a family together, in the face of almost
unimaginable odds.
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