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My father's rifle : a childhood in Kurdistan / Hiner Saleem ; translated from the French by Catherine Temerson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006, c2004.Edition: 1st Picador edDescription: 102 p ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780312424756
  • 0312424752
Uniform titles:
  • Fusil de mon père. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 956.7/204/092 22
LOC classification:
  • DS70.8.K8 S25313 2006
Summary: Saleem Hiner shares the story of his coming of age in the 1960s and 70s in a Kurdish village in Iraq, discussing his childhood home, his family's incarceration in a refugee camp in Iran, their lives under the rule of Saddam Hussein, his stint as a Kurdish rebel, and his decision to flee to freedom.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 956.7204 SA MY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0029897

Translation of: Fusil de mon père.

Saleem Hiner shares the story of his coming of age in the 1960s and 70s in a Kurdish village in Iraq, discussing his childhood home, his family's incarceration in a refugee camp in Iran, their lives under the rule of Saddam Hussein, his stint as a Kurdish rebel, and his decision to flee to freedom.

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