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Moshen and his wife, Zunaira, met at the university and once looked forward to a happy and prosperous life together. But Moshen's dream of becoming a diplomat, halted by the war with Russia, dies with the ascendancy of the Taliban. Zunaira, formerly a lawyer who worked for women's rights, can no longer even appear on the streets of Kabul without a veil over her face. It is only in their own home that they can be themselves. One day, unable to resist Moshen's pleas, Zunaira dons her burqa and goes to the market with him. The outing turns into a nightmare. Atiq, a veteran of the Russian war, is now a part-time jailer who watches over those condemned to death. The darkness of the prison and the wretchedness of his job have seeped into his soul. His home offers little respite from his rage and misery; his wife, Musarrat, is suffering from an illness no doctor can cure and even the most fervent prayers cannot alleviate. As Atiq begins to lose all faith in his own ability to survive the arbitrary demands and extreme cruelties of the Taliban, he is drawn to Zunaira, now in prison awaiting public execution. In a final act of defiance, Musarrat conceives a plan that will allow her husband to live and to hope again-Already a bestseller in France, The Swallows of Kabul brilliantly exposes the differences between religiosity and dangerous religious extremism. Written in spare, exquisite prose, it is an unforgettable portrait of life under a fascist theocracy.
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"A stiflingly powerful evocation of a country in which war has found a homeland" (Chris Power The Times)
"Inspiring... Evokes the feeling of a nation's collective suffocation" (Daily Telegraph)
"Harrowing... Remarkable... Khadra's simple, elegant prose, finely drawn characters and chilling insights prepare the way for the terrible climax... A superb meditation on the fate of the Afghan people" (Publishers Weekly)
"A powerful human story" (Financial Times)
"Intense, elegant, despairing prose...deeply affecting" (Guardian)
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"Inspiring... Evokes the feeling of a nation's collective suffocation" (Daily Telegraph)
"Harrowing... Remarkable... Khadra's simple, elegant prose, finely drawn characters and chilling insights prepare the way for the terrible climax... A superb meditation on the fate of the Afghan people" (Publishers Weekly)
"A powerful human story" (Financial Times)
"Intense, elegant, despairing prose...deeply affecting" (Guardian)
A major bestseller in the tradition of THE KITE RUNNER and THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL
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- PublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 043401141X
- ISBN 13 9780434011414
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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