Books set in Afghanistan (51)
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The Pearl that Broke Its Shell : A Novel by Nadia Hashimi EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See. In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school, and can rarely leave the house. Their only hope lies in the ancient custom of bacha posh, which allows young Rahima to dress and be treated as a boy until she is of marriageable age. As a son, she can attend school, go to ... continue
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The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra EN
AlgeriaDescription:
Set in Kabul under the rule of the Taliban, this extraordinary novel takes readers into the lives of two couples to offer an unflinching but compassionate insight into a society that violence and hypocrisy have brought to the edge of despair.
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The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad EN
PakistanDescription:
Brutal and beautiful traditions have lasted for centuries create a rigid structure for life in the wild, astonishing place where Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan meet. Ahmad has written an unforgettable portrait of a world of custom and compassion, of love and cruelty, of hardship and survival.
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The Watch by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya EN
IndiaDescription:
This heartbreaking and haunting novel takes a timeless tragedy and hurls it into present-day Afghanistan, when a woman asks for the return of her brother's body in the midst of a war. Following a desperate night-long battle, a group of beleaguered soldiers in an isolated base in Kandahar are faced with a lone woman demanding the return of her brother’s body. Is she a spy, a black widow, a lunatic, or is she what she claims to be: a grieving young sister intent on burying her brother according to local rites? Single-minded in her mission, she refuses to move from her spot on the field in full v... continue
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The Way of the World by Nicolas Bouvier EN
Country: Europe / 
Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
Travel writing, reflects convincingly on the meaning of the experience.
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Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann EN
IrelandDescription:
From the National Book Award-winning and bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic, comes a novella and three stories of immediate power and grace 'A superbly crafted and deeply moving collection of fiction...underscores [McCann's] reputation as a contemporary master' Kirkus 'Separate and together, these four works prove McCann a master with a poet's ear, a psychologist's understanding, and a humanitarian's conscience' Publishers Weekly _______________________ A story in this collection has been longlisted for the Sunday Times EFG short story award As it was, it was like... continue
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Tierra y cenizas by Atiq Rahimi ES
Country: Asia / 
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Description:
Una trágica y conmovedora historia sobre la guerra afgano-soviética Un puente, un río seco en medio de un paisaje grandioso y desolado. Un camino se pierde en el horizonte, la caseta de un guardabarrera, un abacero que piensa en el universo, un viejo, un niño y, por fin, la espera. Estamos al norte de Afganistán, durante la guerra con la Unión Soviética. El viejo se dirige a comunicar a su hijo, el padre del niño, que trabaja en una mina de carbón en las montañas, que los soviéticos han arrasado la aldea, que todos han muerto bajo el bombardeo, que el niño se ha quedado sordo. Habla, piensa en... continue
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We Are Still Here : Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard by Nahid Shahalimi EN
Country: Asia / Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Description:
A collection of first-hand accounts from courageous Afghan women who refuse to be silenced in the face of the Taliban, to be published for the first anniversary of the US leaving Afghanistan. After decades of significant progress, the prospects of women and girls in Afghanistan are once again dependent on radical Islamists who reject gender equality. When the United States announced the end of their twenty-year occupation and the Taliban seized control of the country on August 15th, 2021, so began a steep regression of social, political, and economic freedoms for women in the country. But just... continue
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