I am the Beggar of the World : : Landays From Contemporary Afghanistan
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On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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Examines the impact that more than a decade of U.S. military involvement has had on the culture and lives of women in a series of landays, an ancient oral couplet, expressing a collective rage, a love of homeland, and a call to arms.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: 149 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374191870
0374191875
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Griswold, Eliza, 1973-
Murphy, Seamus, 1959-
SUBJECTS
Pushto poetry -- 20th century -- Translations into English.
Pushto poetry -- Women authors -- Translations into English.
Folk poetry, Pushto -- Translations into English.