Swallows of Kabul

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Since the ascendancy of the Taliban the lives of Mosheen and his beautiful wife, Zunaira, have been gradually destroyed Mosheen s dream of becoming a diplomat has been shattered and Zunaira can no longer even appear on the streets of Kabul unveiled Atiq is a jailer who guards those who have been condemned to death the darkness of prison and the wretchedness of his job have seeped into his soul Atiq s wife, Musarrat, is suffering from an illness no doctor can cure Yet, the lives of these four people are about to become inexplicably intertwined, through death and imprisonment to passion and extraordinary self sacrifice The Swallows of Kabul is an astounding and elegiac novel of four people struggling to hold on to their humanity in a place where pleasure is a deadly sin and death has become routine. Free Download [ Swallows of Kabul ] By [ Yasmina Khadra ] – kino-fada.fr This is a grim story of the horrendous conditions in Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 after the Taliban took over control from the Soviets.While there is a story and a plot, the book is really about the desolate conditions in the war scarred capital of Kabul a dying city in a dying landscape of desert heat and dryness hemmed in by mountains Half of the buildings are destroyed, including mosques Some structures are simply fronts of buildings business is conducted in pieces of buildings The brut This is a grim story of the horrendous condi...VIVA LO SPOILERSe non avessi letto da qualche parte come va a finire questo libro, non sono sicuro che sarei riuscito ad arrivare in fondo A casa del diavolo, una tromba d aria dispiega la sua veste svolazzante nella macabra danza di una strega in trance il suo isterismo non riesce neppure a spolverare le due palme calcificate che si alzano al cielo come le braccia di un suppliziato.Kabul, dall omonimo film di animazione in fase di post produzione Il romanzo ambientato alla fine dell invasio VIVA LO SPOILERSe non avessi letto da qualche parte come va a finire questo libro, non sono sicuro che sarei riuscito ad arrivare in fondo A casa del diavolo, una tromba d aria dispiega la sua veste svolazzante nella macabra danza di u...Les hirondelles de kaboul Swallows of Kabul, Roman c2002, Yasmina Khadra Mohammed Moulessehoul 2010 1388 166 9648787271 21 Les hirondelles de kaboul Swallows of Kabul, Roman c2002, Yasmina Khadra Mohammed Moulessehoul 2010 1388 166 9648787271 212001I still feel very conflicted about this book Originally, I had planned on giving it four stars But after having thought about it some , I ll be settling for three instead reasons below Whilst many mentioned that their biggest gripe was getting into the book, for me that was hardly an issue I was pretty much full on engrossed from the first page And with a opening page starting with a woman being stoned to death, how the hell can I not be Not only did it really make me recoil from sho I still feel very conflicted about this book Originally, I had planned on giving it four stars But after having thought about it some , I ll be settling for three instead reasons below Whilst many mentioned that their biggest gripe was getting into the book, for me that was hardly an issue I was pretty much full on engrossed from the first page And with a opening page starting with a woman being stoned to death, how the hell can I not be Not only did it really make me recoil from shock and disgust, but despite the fact that I was sat among others in the library, my urge was so...3.5 stars Further, I refuse to wear a burqa Of all the burdens tha have put on us, that is the most degrading The Shirt of Nessus wouldn t do as much damage to my dignity as that wretched getup It cancels my face and takes away my identity and turns me into an object Here, at least, I m me, Zunaira, Mohsen Ramat s wife, age 32, former magistrate, dismissed by obscurantists without a hearing and without compensation, but with enough self respect left to brush my hair every day and pay a 3.5 stars Further, I refuse to wear a burqa Of all the burdens tha have put on us, that is the most degrading The Shirt of Nessus wouldn t do as much damage to my dignity as that wretched getup It cancels my face and takes away my identity and turns me into an object Here, at least, I m me, Zunaira, Mohsen Ramat s wife, age 32, former magistrate, dismissed by obscurantists wi...Kabul, Afghanistan is a city devastated by war in a country devastated by war In The Swallows of Kabul the Taliban are brutally in power Women must wear burqas, men and women are beaten in the streets by the religious police for little or no cause, there are public executions on a daily basis The stresses of living under these circumstances are reflected in the lives of 2 couples Atif and Musarrat Shaukat and Mohsen and Zunaira Ramat.Atif is the warden of the Kabul jail In the opening scene Kabul, Afghanistan is a city devastated by war in a country devastated by war In The Swallows of Kabul the Taliban are brutally in power Women must wear burqas, men and women are beaten in the streets by the religious police for little or no cause, there are public executions on a daily basis The stresses of living under these circumstances are reflected in the lives of 2 couples Atif and Musarrat Shaukat and Mohsen and Zunaira Ramat.Atif is the warden of the Kabul jail In the opening scene he is responsible for guarding a prostitute prior to her sentence of death by stoning But he is late to the jail because his wife... The first two pages and I was hooked This is a beautifully written novel that will punch you in the gut, have you wanting to throw it against a wall in disgust, make you weep for the tragic characters and fall in love with the writingAnd yet it is also here, amid the hush of stony places and the silence of graves, in this land of dry earth and arid hearts, that our story is born, like the water lily that blooms in the stagnant swamp You could almost read the first two pages and have a ful The first two pages and I was hooked This is a beautifully written novel that will punch you in the gut, have you wanting to throw it against a wall in disgust, make you weep for the tragic characters and fall in love with the writingAnd yet it is also here, amid the hush of stony places and the silence of graves, in this land of dry earth and arid hearts, that our story is born, like the water lily that blooms in the stagnant swamp You could almost read the first two pages and have a full understanding of Fundamentalist r...If I had a list of the most distressing books I ve ever read, most likely this one would be near the top of the list Like most people who read this short and horrifying book set in Afghanistan during the Taliban regime, I was appalled as I read about the brutality and misery that had become commonplace for everyone most especially for women So why read a book like this, ask readers who only read for pleasure and quickly abandon any book that might leave them feeling depressed My answer is t If I had a list of the most distressing books I ve ever read, most likely this one would be near the top of the list Like most people who read this short and horrif...

Swallows of Kabul
  • English
  • 05 September 2018
  • Paperback
  • 195 pages
  • 0099466023
  • Yasmina Khadra
  • Swallows of Kabul