The Watch
โ Scribed by Roy-Bhattacharya, Joydeep
- Publisher
- Knopf Canada
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 272 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
In this powerful novel set in contemporary Kandahar, an Afghan woman approaches an American military base to demand the return of her brother's body.
At a stark outpost in the Kandahar mountain range, a team of American soldiers watches a young Afghan woman approach. She has come to beg for the return of her brother's body. The camp's tense, claustrophobic atmosphere comes to a boil as the men argue about what to do next. Taking its cue from the Antigone myth, this significant, eloquent novel re-creates the chaos, intensity, and immediacy of war, and conveys the inevitable repercussions felt by the soldiers and their families--especially one sister.
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