Earth and Ashes
“Anyone seeking to understand why Afghanistan is difficult and what decades of violence have done to its people should read Atiq Rahimi. He is a superb guide to a hard and complex land.” —Ryan Crocker, former US ambassador to Pakistan and Iraq, and US envoy to Afghanistan “The blasted dreamscape of Rahimi’s story and his tightly controlled prose make this a sobering literary testament to the horrors of war.” —PublishersWeekly “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 thatEarth and Ashesboth embodies and silently trusts.” —LondonTimes “With this novel Rahimi picks up a shard of broken glass and sees the whole truth of his devastated country.” —DerSpiegel(Germany)