[A Fort of Nine Towers]
Year:
2013
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Picador
Year of publication:
2014
Pages:
417
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
Transmits values:
Sexual content:
Violent content:
Vulgar or obscene language:
Ideas that contradict Church teaching:
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
It is a pleasant tale that tells, from the eyes of a child, how he grew up amid the warlords and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Along with passages that narrate with delicacy the brutality of warlike situations, the family and cultural values, and the sense of humor of a town with a complex history and a deep love for poetry, music and crafts, among which are the weavers, such as the protagonist who tells his story.
A.B (Spain)