Atiq Rahimi: 8 books

Three short novels—including Prix Goncourt–winning The Patience Stone —that convey years of Afghan history, heartache, and hope. Never before in paperback. ** ** Atiq Rahimi’s reputation for writing war stories of immense drama and intimacy began with his first novel, Earth and Ashes, about...

«Atiq Rahimi ataca el oscurantismo, examina la moral, el heroísmo, la culpabilidad y logra una novela accesible, cautivadora.» La Semaine «A la luz del maestro ruso, Rahimi nos ayuda a entender de forma inmejorable su país natal, en una novela de ritmo jadeante, hermosa, fuerte, indispensable.»...

«Desde el exilio afgano, hace ya más de treinta años, hasta sus dibujos caligráficos más recientes, el cálamo de Rahimi deambula y danza con maestría en cada una de las páginas de este libro».  Le Monde «He hablado mucho de mi tierra natal, de las mujeres condenadas, de la guerra que se...

"You know, father, sorrow can turn to water and spill from your eyes, or it can sharpen your tongue into a sword, or it can become a time bomb that, one day, will explode and destroy you"   Earth and Ashes is the spare, powerful story of an Afghan man, Dastaguir, trying desperately to reach...

“For far too long, Afghan women have been faceless and voiceless. Until now. With The Patience Stone, Atiq Rahimi gives face and voice to one unforgettable woman–and, one could argue, offers her as a proxy for the grievances of millions…it is a rich read, part allegory, part a tale of retribution,...

Farhad is a typical student, twenty-one years old, interested in wine, women, and poetry, and negligent of the religious conservatism of his grandfather. But he lives in Kabul in 1979, and the early days of the pro-Soviet coup are about to change his life forever. One night Farhad goes out drinking...

Reading Dostoevsky in Afghanistan becomes “crime without punishment” Rassoul remembers reading Crime and Punishment as a student of Russian literature in Leningrad, so when, with axe in hand, he kills the wealthy old lady who prostitutes his beloved Sophia, he thinks twice before taking...

En la mitología persa, sangue sabur, «la piedra de la paciencia», es una piedra mágica a la que uno le cuenta sus desgracias, sus sufrimientos, sus miserias, para confiarle todo lo que no nos atrevemos a revelar a los demás; La piedra escucha, absorbe como una esponja todas las palabras, todos...