- Afghans, Immigrants, Political refugees, Fiction
An unflinching, inspirational, and incredibly moving novel based on the true story of Enaiatollah Akbari, a young boy whose agonizing struggle begins after his native Afghanistan becomes a dangerous place to live. His mother shepherds him across the border into Pakistan but has to leave him there to fend for himself.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Fabio Geda
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- David Fickling, Reclam Philipp Jun., Doubleday
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- cat, English, German, French
- ISBN
- 9780099555452
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“En fait, voilà, je ne m’attendais pas à ce qu’elle s’en aille vraiment. À dix ans, quand on s’endort le soir, un soir comme tant d’autres, ni plus sombre, ni plus étoilé, ni plus silencieux ni plus puant qu’un autre, avec le chant du muezzin, toujours le même, partout le même pour appeler à la prière du haut de son minaret, on ne peut pas s’y attendre.”
Fabio Geda is an Italian writer and educator. He write on newspapers as well as novels. He won several prizes, including Premio Strega and Prix Jean Monnet. [Image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:FabiogedaB%26N.jpg) by Fabiogeda12, distributed under [CC BY-SA 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed)
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