The star of the film "Kandahar" creates a moving memoir of life, childhood and friendship as her world collapses around her Nelofer Pazira was born into a privileged family living in Kabul. When she was six, the Russians invaded Afghanistan and her childhood ended. Her father, a respected doctor, was imprisoned along with family and friends. Their country became a police state and the centre of a bloody conflict between the Soviet army and the American-backed guerillas. Amid the blood and fear of war, Nelofer's refuge ...
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The star of the film "Kandahar" creates a moving memoir of life, childhood and friendship as her world collapses around her Nelofer Pazira was born into a privileged family living in Kabul. When she was six, the Russians invaded Afghanistan and her childhood ended. Her father, a respected doctor, was imprisoned along with family and friends. Their country became a police state and the centre of a bloody conflict between the Soviet army and the American-backed guerillas. Amid the blood and fear of war, Nelofer's refuge from violence and anger was her friendship with Dyana. Together they shared their lives, their passion for poetry and the dangers of underground resistance. After a decade of war, Nelofer's family escaped across the mountains to Pakistan and from there to Canada, where she continued her friendship with Dyana through letters. When her friend suddenly stopped writing, Nelofer felt bereft. Her return to Afghanistan under the Taliban and her desperate search for Dyana became the story of the internationally acclaimed film Kandahar. Her journey to discover Dyana's tragedy led her finally to Russia, to the country that destroyed her life, where she found a nation imprisoned by its own history. Nuanced, affecting and stunningly written, A Bed of Red Flowers is a gripping portrait of ordinary life under occupation and an illuminating window onto the devastation of a country and the resilience of its people. "For fear that the Communist government might find evidence that could be used against my father, my mother decides to burn everything. In utter anguish she sits on the floor in front of the stove. The tiny door of the chimney is open, and my motherrelentlessly feeds the beast of fire my father's books, albums and papers. Book burning is a quiet ritual. The only sound is of the papers crackling and of my mother's sighs. The cherry-red glow of the fire highlights the lines of tiredness beneath my mother's eyes. I've never seen her so exhausted or lost. When she opens the door, the flames run like red water over the white pages, darkening their words.When we are done, we wash our chimney-hot faces as if what we had been doing were an ordinary household chore." --excerpt from A Bed of Red Flowers
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Fine (-) in Fine (-) jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Inscribed By Author (CAD) Inscribed by author, no othe rmarkings, about Fine in unclipped about Fine dust jacket, Red boards, 408pp, index. B&W photos. A Canadian journalist goes back to Afghanistan to see her /3birth country and to write about her youth and life. (1.8 JM HOQ 102/b3.
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Very Good in Very Good, Not Price Clipped jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) Complete number line from 1 to 10; inscribed and dated April 29/05 by Nelofer Pazira on the title page: "With Best Wishes, Nelofer"; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with a few black and white photographs.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0679312714. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Inscribed and dated by author to previous owner. Dated in 2005.; 9 X 6 X 1 inches; 416 pages; Signed by Author.
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Fine in Fine, Not Price Clipped jacket. Book. Inscribed by Author(s) Complete number line from 1 to 10; inscribed and dated April 27/05 by Nelofer Pazira on the half title page; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0679312714. Flat signed by author on title page. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery.; Minor slant to spine, bump and small split to upper back tip of d/j. First printing, first edition.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Signed by Author.
