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Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story
Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story | Qais Akbar Omar
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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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asterese
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Pretty ambitious April TBR considering all the studying I still have to do. 😂 #ForTheLoveofReading #NoRestfortheReader

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asterese
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This looked interesting. 😃 #fivefingerbookchallenge

👏 A book I love: Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
👉 A book I love to recommend: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
👎 A book I didn't like: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (definitely not his best)
💍 A character I'd like to marry: Rhun Korza from The Order of the Sanguines series by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell
🤞 A book I pinky promise to read soon: A Fort of Nine Towers by Qais Akbar Omar

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LisaAnne78
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Read Around the World Challenge Book #1: Afghanistan - review at https://theworldviabook.blogspot.com

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dontbignorant
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I have long carried this load of griefs in the cage of my heart. Now I have given them to you. I hope you are strong enough to hold them.
- Qais Akbar Omar
#memoir #afghanistan
A fort of nine towers is a memoir and it is written in a very beautiful way which I can't describe through words. It tells us a story of a Afghan family, their life before the invasion of soviets, life during the civil war, and their life during the taliban rule.

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KnjiskiZmaj
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Such a beautiful book! 😍
Story about war, destruction, social dissidence, but also family, love, friendship and hope.
Young Qais managed to survive war horrors with his family, only to tell us his story now.
Amazing!!!❤
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ApoptyGina69
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This was an absolutely amazing memoir of a young man from Kabul and his life during the war. It can be quite graphic and brutal and even though many of us have followed the news over the last 30 years, I was not quite prepared. I only wish I could one day. Is it this amazing country, although it may be merely a shadow of its former self. Fans of The Kite Runner, etc. will love this story. #24in48

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Bibliophile.93
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Tvrđava sa devet kula je autobiografska priča Kais Akbar Omara, što joj daje posebnu težinu i vrednost. Autor nam u prvom licu prepričava svoje odrastanje u Avganistanu pogođenom građanskim ratom poslednjih godina 20-tog veka. Navodi nas na razmišljanje o važnosti nekih stvari koje uzimamo zdravo za gotovo, a koje mogu preko noći nestati. Ova priča je sirova, moćna, emotivna, detaljna i prelepo ispričana.
Ocena: ★★★★

Knjigoholicarka Cula sam sve najbolje o ovoj knjizi 😊😊 nadam se da cu je procitati ove zime 😉 8y
Bibliophile.93 @Knjigoholicarka Knjiga je dobra, puna intrigantnih događaja i patnje kroz koju prolazi porodica. Nešto što se jednostavno mora pročitati, a u fazonu je knjiga Khaleda Hosseini-ja. 😊 Nadam se da će ti se dopasti. 😊 8y
Knjigoholicarka @Sun3009 toliko knjiga imam na listi za citanje ove zime 😇😇😇😇 a imam osjecaj da ni pola necu uspjeti 😂😂😂😂 a svakim danom otkrivam jos i jos i nos knjiga i autora 😢😢😢😢😢 8y
Bibliophile.93 @Knjigoholicarka Isti slučaj. Mislim da dva života ne bi bila dovoljna. 😊 Slatke muke. 😊 8y
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"I have long carried this load of griefs in the cage of my heart. Now I have given them to you. I hope you are strong enough to hold them." Qais Akbar Omar