by Atiq Rahimi · Siruela · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498412888
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«La piedra de la paciencia (Sangue sabur)» is the contemporary novel by Atiq Rahimi, published by Siruela in paperback (120 pages, in Spanish).
The novel draws on the Persian legend of the patience stone, which absorbs sorrows and secrets until it bursts. Here that stone is a man in a coma from a bullet in the back of his neck; his wife watches over him in a war-torn Afghanistan and confesses desires, fears and frustrations. Poetic and raw language against fanaticism and the oppression of women.
Nuevos Tiempos collection, no. 144. Translated from the French by Elena García-Aranda. Goncourt Prize 2008.
For adult readers interested in contemporary fiction and stories about war, fanaticism and the situation of women.
Atiq Rahimi is a French-Afghan writer and filmmaker.
