Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi

Author:Atiq Rahimi
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Historical
ISBN: 9781590513927
Publisher: Other Press
Published: 2002-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Someone grips your shoulders from behind. You turn around in horror. Mirza Qadir, smiling his habitual smile, says, “Instead of the brains of our kids, Zohak’s snakes are eating their pricks.”

Terror seizes you. You want to free your shoulders from Mirza Qadir’s grip. But you don’t have the strength.

You open your eyes. Your body is covered in sweat. Your hands tremble.

In front of you are two kind eyes:

“Father, get up. Your lift is here.”

Lift? For what? Where do you want to go? Where are you?

“Father, a vehicle headed to the mine.”

You recognize Mirza Qadir’s voice and come back to your senses. Yassin sleeps quietly in your arms. You want to wake him.

Mirza Qadir says, “Father, leave your grandson here. First, go there on your own, speak to your son in private. Then come back here. There’s no room for both of you to spend the night at the mine. If your son sees his own child in this state, it’ll be even worse …”

It’s a good suggestion. Imagine what will happen when Yassin sees his father. He’ll throw himself into his arms and, before you are able to say anything, he’ll start shouting, “Uncle’s dead, Mummy’s gone … Qader’s dead, Grandma’s dead! Grandfather cries …”

Murad’s heart will stop when he hears Yassin. How could you make Yassin understand that he shouldn’t say anything?

You accept Mirza Qadir’s offer, but a sense of foreboding settles within you. How can you abandon your grandson, the only son of your only son, to someone you don’t know? You’ve known Mirza Qadir for no more than two hours. What will Murad say?

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