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A fort of nine towers an Afghan family story

A young Afghan man's memoir of his family and country in which the horrors and perils he faced, his imprisonment, and his quiet resistance explore life in a country whose history has become deeply entwined with the United States, but has eluded understanding.

Main Author: Omar, Qais Akbar.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Omar, Qais Akbar.
Afghanistan > Social conditions > 20th century.
Afghanistan > Biography.
Summary: A young Afghan man's memoir of his family and country in which the horrors and perils he faced, his imprisonment, and his quiet resistance explore life in a country whose history has become deeply entwined with the United States, but has eluded understanding.
Physical Description: viii, 396 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780374157647 (hbk.)
0374157642 (hbk.)
Author Notes: Qais Akbar Omar (whose first name is pronounced "Kice") manages his family's carpet business in Kabul and writes books. In 2007, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Colorado. He has studied business at Brandeis University and is currently pursuing an MFA in creative writing at Boston University. Omar has lectured on Afghan carpets in Afghanistan, Europe, and the United States. He is the coauthor, with Stephen Landrigan, of Shakespeare in Kabul .

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