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The sewing circles of Herat : a personal voyage through Afghanistan / Christina Lamb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lamb, Christina
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lamb, Christina--Travel--Afghanistan.
- Lamb, Christina.
- Travel.
- Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan--Description and travel.
- Afghanistan--History--2001-2021.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperCollins, 2002.
- Summary:
- Award-winning journalist Lamb chronicles the human stories behind the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan in this intensely moving and evocative book. Lamb's unique perspective on Afghanistan, and her passion for the people she writes about make this the definitive account of the extraordinarily tragic plight of a proud people.
- Contents:
- 1. The Taliban Torturer 9
- 2. Mullahs on Motorbikes 35
- 3. Inside the House of Knowledge 79
- 4. The Royal Court in Exile 111
- 5. The Sewing Circles of Herat 141
- 6. The Secret of Glass 181
- 7. Unpainting the Peacocks 211
- 8. The Story of Abdullah 245
- 9. Face to Face with the Taliban 277
- 10. A Letter from Kabul 297.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-328) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0060505265
- OCLC:
- 51179948
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