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Translated from Dari (Afghanistan) by Erdag M. Goknar. For my father, and other fathers who wept during the war.

Translated from Dari (Afghanistan) by Erdag M. Reference is made in Earth and Ashes to the great eleventh-century Persian epic, the Book of Kings (Shahnama in Persian) by Ferdusi. This famous poem interweaves Persian myths, legends and historical events to tell the history of Iran and its neighbours from the creation of the world to the Arab conquest in the seventh century.

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Earth and Ashes book. Haunting in its spareness, Earth and Ashes is a tale of devastating loss, but also of human perseverance in the face of madness and wa. .

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Earth and Ashes (Persian: خاکستر و خاک‎) is a 2004 Afghan film directed by Atiq Rahimi. It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Golden Dhow award at the 2005 Zanzibar International Film Festival. Abdul Ghani - Dastaguir. Jawan Mard Homayoun - Yassin. Guilda Chahverdi - Zaynab.

1998; Earth and Ashes ). Rahimi is not only a talented novelist, experimenting in each work with . 121Nasrin Qader The Ghosts of Atiq Rahimi’sEarth and Ashes. whore called ‘Once upon a time’ in historicism’s bordello. Rahimi is not only a talented novelist, experimenting in each work with techniques and narrative styles, but also. 2015 by The University of Chicago.

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.

Atiq Rahimi is Afghan writer and film-maker who has lived in France since 1985. He is 39. This is his first book. The devastation of Afghanistan during the Soviet war is succinctly and piercingly conveyed in Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi (trans. After the invading Soviets destroy their village, an elderly Afghani takes his grandson on a quest to find the boy's father. Dastaguir and his grandson Yassin wait beside a guard post on the road to the mine where Dastaguir's son Murad works.

Haunting in its spareness, Earth and Ashes is a tale of devastating loss, but also of.The devastation of Afghanistan during the Soviet war is succinctly and piercingly conveyed in Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi (trans

Haunting in its spareness, Earth and Ashes is a tale of devastating loss, but also of human perseverance in the face of madness and war. Publishers Weekly: The devastation of Afghanistan during the Soviet war is succinctly and piercingly conveyed in Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi (trans. Dastaguir and his grandson Yassin wait beside a guard post on the road to the mine where Dastaguir’s son Murad works.