The Afghans : three lives through war, love and revolt

Seierstad, Åsne, 1970- author.

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"In her international bestseller The Bookseller of Kabul, award-winning journalist Åsne Seierstad studied life in Afghanistan before and after the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. Now twenty years later, the Taliban is back in power, and Seierstad returns with The Afghans, a book to help us understand Afghanistan's past, present and future, told through the lives of three unforgettable people. In her compelling, intimate and thought-provoking...

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Afghan War, 2001-2021 Personal narratives, Afghani

Afghanistan History 2001-2021

Afghanistan History 21st century

Afghanistan Strategic aspects

Afghans

Community life Afghanistan Kabul 21st century Biography

Counterinsurgency Afghanistan

Youth Afghanistan Social conditions 21st century

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ISBN:

9781408717943
9781408717936
1408717948
140871793X

Description:

xi, 428 pages : map ; 24 cm

Notes:

First published in Norway in 2022 by J.M. Stenersens Forlag
Translated from the Norwegian

Contents:

Part One. Will
Unrest
The Desert of Death
A bright white light
The base
Play
To read oneself
Attempts
On the wing
Part Two. We who love death
Home
The making of a warrior
Fire in the tent
Fathers and sons
ABC
First she fell for his voice
Winning some hearts
The surge
Best
Ministers of martyrs
Trapped
The great game
My heart will go on
Part Three. Collapse
The victor
Lost
Exile
Time for tenderness
Do you want to meet the Taliban?
Rector Redbeard
Visiting the dead
Eclipse
Four dresses and a mobile phone
The runaway
The boys are coming!
Out of the shadows
The women and the Caliph
Running up that hill
A new life
The basis of the book

Control Number:

3331457

Other Authors:

Kinsella, Seán (Translator), translator

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