num_pages: 81
description: A haunting short novel set during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan follows Dastaguir, an elderly man who witnesses the destruction of his village and the deaths of his family, who sets out through the devastated landscape, accompanied by his young grandson Yassin, left deaf from the bombing, to search for the coal mine where the boy's father works. A first novel. 20,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Earth and Ashes
titlecomplete: Earth and Ashes
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Asia, Short Stories, Literature, Asian Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 1880
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Premi Llibreter de narrativa, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt