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Poetry of the Taliban /

Second Author (نویسنده/ناشر دوم):

Rahmany, Mirwais.

Second Author (نویسنده/ناشر دوم):

Stanikzai, Hamid.

Second Author (نویسنده/ناشر دوم):

Strick van Linschoten, Alex.

Second Author (نویسنده/ناشر دوم):

Kuehn, Felix, 1979-.

Second Author (نویسنده/ناشر دوم):

Devji, Faisal.

Catalog Source (منبع کتلاگ):

DLC

Statement of responsibility:

translated by Mirwais Rahmany & Hamid Stanikzai ; edited and introduced by Alex Strick van Linschoten & Felix Kuehn ; preface by Faisal Devji.

Publication/Distribution (Imprint):

New York : Columbia University Press, c2012.

Physical Description:

247 p. ; 23 cm.

ISBN:

9780231704045
9780231801164

LCCN (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER):

2012009947

Subjects--Topical Terms:

Pushto poetry
Translations in English.
20th century
Pushto poetry
Translations in English.
21st century
Taliban members' writings, Pushto.

LC Class. No:

PK6814.5. / E54. / R34 2012

Source of Classification:

Library of Congress Classification / Monograph

Accession No:

3ACKU000352822 00035675 3ACKU000356765 3ACKU000530625

General Note:

“This extraordinary collection is remarkable as a literary project uncovering a seam of war poetry few will know ever existed”—cover page.

General Note:

“Afghanistan has a rich and ancient tradition of epic poetry celebrating resistance to foreign invasion and occupation. This extraordinary collection is remarkable as a literary project-uncovering a seam of war poetry few will know ever existed, and presenting to us for the first time the black turbaned Wilfred Owens of Wardak, but it is also an important political project : humanizing and giving voice to the aspirations, aesthetics, emotions and dreams of the fighters of a much-caricatured and still little understood resistance movement that…”—back cover.