Earth And Ashes [Paperback]

EUROPEAN PRAISE FOR "EARTH AND ASHES"
"With this novel Rahimi picks up a shard of broken glass and sees the whole truth of his devastated country."--"Der Spiegel" (Germany)
"Evokes with intimacy and lyricism the tragedy of a country."--"Liberation" (France)
"A literary creation of a kind not seen for years."--"L'Express" (France)
"The history of Yassin and his grandfather does for our time what Antigone did for the Greeks. . . . Extraordinary."--"La Marseillaise" (France)
"A hallucinatory, tragic cry of despair."--"Le Monde" (France)

Dense, provocative and, most of all revelatory --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'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' 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 mountains. What are they waiting for? As we watch them we learn their story-Rahimi has managed to condense centuries of Afghan history into his short tale of three very different generations. At the same time, he has created a story that is universal in its power. (20030303)

'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' Times

Atiq Rahimi is Afghan writer and film-maker who has lived in France since 1985. He is 39. This is his first book. (20030303)