A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear: A Novel

from janerawoof

Very intense! Excellent chilling novella/short novel of only 147 pp. set in 1980's Afghanistan. A young student, Farhad, is drunk and out after curfew. Stopped by some soldiers on patrol, he's roughed up very badly then rescued by a young widow, Mahnaz, and taken to her house as he lies injured a...

from gwendolyndawson

In Kabul in 1979 Farhad, a 21-year-old university student, is out after curfew to celebrate a friend's imminent escape to Pakistan. After suffering a vicious beating by soldiers on patrol, a mysterious and brave woman rescues the unconscious Farhad from the sewer. A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fe...

from akeela

A young man is completely discombobulated. He doesn't know whether he is alive or dead; what he does realise is that his body is battered and that he's in terrible agony over it. The first few pages of this novella are confusing, as the protagonist tries to figure out his situation. And then, lig...

from snash

This book is stream of consciousness of young Afghanistan man enmeshed in a physical and psychological nightmare. The meaning of life and the human experience is explored.

from LiterateHousewife

When Jenn and Nicole announced their Book Club, I was excited to participate. Their first selection was A Thousand Rooms of Dreams and Fear by Atiq Rahimi and published by Other Press. The cover is beautiful and the premise, a young man on the run from the Afghani government in 1979 was even more...