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Title:

THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL

By:

Yasmina Khadra

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0099466023

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9780099466024

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Publisher:

VINTAGE PUBLISHING

Pub. date:

1 May, 2005

Pages:

208

Description:

Exposes the differences between religiosity and dangerous religious extremism. This work present a portrait of life under a fascist theocracy.

Synopsis:

Since the ascendancy of the Taliban the lives of Mosheen and his beautiful wife, Zunaira, have been gradually destroyed. Mosheen's dream of becoming a diplomat has been shattered and Zunaira can no longer even appear on the streets of Kabul unveiled. Atiq is a jailer who guards those who have been condemned to death; the darkness of prison and the wretchedness of his job have seeped into his soul. Atiq's wife, Musarrat, is suffering from an illness no doctor can cure. Yet, the lives of these four people are about to become inexplicably intertwined, through death and imprisonment to passion and extraordinary self-sacrifice. The Swallows of Kabul is an astounding and elegiac novel of four people struggling to hold on to their humanity in a place where pleasure is a deadly sin and death has become routine.

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Imprint:

Vintage

Prizes:

Short-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2006

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Returnable

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