Sparkle of the Stars

Author: Nadia Hashimi

What was Afghanistan like before the Soviet invasion? And what did it become afterward? What trapped it in the snare of war for decades? It was a pivotal moment in April 1978, and this novel narrates the details of that moment, a moment in Afghanistan's history and how the arms of the Cold War reached it.

"That night, giants were beheaded, and the desolate voids swallowed everything that was once familiar. Yet, the frightened little girl would not give up. She would be brave; her father had taught her that the entire world was within her; her bones were as solid as mountains, her veins overflowed with rivers, and her heartbeats carried the rhythm of thousands of hooves, while her eyes sparkled with the luminescence of the stars in the sky.
I am that girl, and this is my story."