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My Father's Rifle

A Childhood in Kurdistan

My Father's Rifle( )
Author: Saleem, Hiner
Translator: Temerson, Catherine
ISBN:978-0-312-42475-6
Publication Date:Jan 2006
Publisher:Picador
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $18.00
Book Description:

This beautiful, spare, autobiographical narrative tells of the life of a Kurd named Azad as he grows to manhood in Iraq during the 1960s and 1970s. Azad is born into a vibrant village culture that hopes for a free Kurdish future. He loves his mother's orchard, his cousin's stunt pigeons, his father's old Czech rifle, his brother who is fighting in the mountains. But before he is even of school age, Azad has seen friends and neighbors assassinated, and his own family driven to...
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Book Details
Pages:112
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
History / Middle East / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.5 x 0.26 Inches
Book Weight:0.33 Pounds



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