Alive And Well In Pakistan: A Human Journey In A Dangerous Time - Softcover

Casey, Ethan

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9781904132486: Alive And Well In Pakistan: A Human Journey In A Dangerous Time

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ISBN 10: 1904132480 ISBN 13: 9781904132486

Publisher: Vision Paperbacks, 2005

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'Casey plunges into Pakistan like a knife, unearthing and unravelling the often unexplainable and unpredictable contradictions of a country on the edge. Pakistan just happens to be one of the most complex and difficult countries to describe, but Casey does a magnificent job. Casey's prose sings, and his portraits are master class. A conjuror of images and sensations in an unpredictable land.' - Ahmed Rashid, author of "Taliban". Ethan Casey explores what life is like in a Muslim country on the frontline of the US-declared 'war on terror' while living, working and teaching in Lahore, Pakistan. Drawing observations from the street, university classrooms and interviews with lawyers, journalists and politicians, Casey updates his understanding of the Pakistani experience and sets it within a context of recent and contemporary history. Revisiting a decade of ground-level reporting, he humanises domestic politics; attitudes towards the West and India; and the Kashmir and Afghanistan issues. "Alive and Well in Pakistan" is an engaging and well-informed literary reportage that demystifies the uneasy place that Pakistan occupies in an uncertain world.

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"Brilliant, incisive and penetrating – a book that reverberates in the mind long after it is read." -- Ahmed Rashid, author of Taliban

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