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A Fort of Nine Towers
- Author
- Qais Akbar Omar
- Narrator
- Neil Shah
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 27 September 2022
- Run Time
- 15 hours 17 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Memoirs, Asian history
What to expect
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.
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- Author
- Qais Akbar Omar
- Narrator
- Neil Shah
- Duration
- 15 hours 17 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 September 2022
- ISBN
- 9798765003640
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Memoirs, Asian history
Synopsis
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.
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