"A powerful and affecting novel imagining the inner turmoil of soldiers on a military base in Afghanistan. Longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Following a desperate night-long battle, a group of beleaguered soldiers in an isolated base in Kandahar are faced with a lone woman demanding the return of her brother's body. Is she a spy, a black widow, a lunatic or what she claims to be- a grieving sister intent on burying her brother according to local rites? As she persists, single-minded in her mission, the camp's tense, claustrophobic atmosphere comes to a boil as the men argue about what to do next. The Watch takes an age-old story - the myth of Antigone - and hurls it into present-day Afghanistan. The result is a gripping, deeply affecting book that brilliantly exposes the realities of war. It is also our most powerful expression to date of the nature and futility of this very contemporary conflict."
- ISBN:
- 9781742752754
- 9781742752754
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Category:
- Contemporary fiction
- Age range:
- 15 to 18 years old
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
-
01-05-2012
- Publisher:
- Random House Australia
- Country of origin:
- Australia
- Dimensions (mm):
- 231x156x26mm
- Weight:
- 0.42kg
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