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Born in Afghanistan in 1962, Atiq Rahimi fled to France in 1984 to escape the Soviet coup. There he has made a name as a writer, film and documentary maker of exceptional note. The feature film of Earth and Ashes was realeased in 2005 to great acclaim and Rahimi is about to publish in France a book of his photographs of Afghanistan. He has been heavily involved in Afghan cultural life since the American invasion, particularly in the creation of a 'Writers' House' in Kabul. He lives in Paris.
The novella is verbal photography...[it] seems the real thing...seamlessly translated -- Russell Celyn Jones * The Times * A taut and brilliant burst of anguished prose...both a wonderful and a dreadful little book * Guardian * A beautiful piece of writing -- Ruth Pavey * Independent * Short but powerful...The beauty of the language lends this work a haunting clarity * The Herald * [An] intimate gem of a story...bewitching * Scotland on Sunday *
