The Afghans: Three lives through war, love and revolt - from the bestselling author of The Bookseller of Kabul
Autor Åsne Seierstad Traducere de Seán Kinsellaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 aug 2025
'A valuable addition to the canon of literature on Afghanistan ... [Seierstad] manages to achieve a rare intimacy' New York Times
'Åsne Seierstad is one of the greatest, most courageous journalists of our time. . . This is an important, heartbreaking book' Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation
From the internationally bestselling author of The Bookseller of Kabul, this is an unforgettable portrait of three people living under the Taliban today.
There is Jamila, a women's rights activist who got an education when few women could; Bashir, a Taliban commander who grew up eager to avenge a father killed by security forces; and Ariana, a law student who is now barred from her university and facing the prospect of an arranged marriage to a man she does not love. Through the stories of these three Afghans, we experience what it is to live under the Taliban now, and think about where this leaves Afghans today, and tomorrow.
'Ambitious ... absorbing' Boston Globe
'An astonishing feat of writing and reporting . . . one of the finest books written on Afghanistan in a generation' Eliza Griswold, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Amity and Prosperity
'Harrowing, uplifting, fascinating, challenging and profound, no other recent book on the subject comes close' CPW Gammell, author of The Pearl of Khorasan: A History of Herat
'Åsne Seierstad is the supreme non-fiction writer of her generation' Luke Harding
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781408717950
ISBN-10: 1408717956
Pagini: 428
Dimensiuni: 126 x 196 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Virago
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1408717956
Pagini: 428
Dimensiuni: 126 x 196 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Virago
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
As an exploration of the social fabric of Afghan life, this book takes some beating. It's also a deft history of the country since the 1960s, charting its journey from hippy hang-out to Soviet satellite state, jihadist battleground, and finally, failed nation-building project
A heartbreaking account
A valuable addition to the canon of literature on Afghanistan . . . [Seierstad] manages to achieve a rare intimacy
Ambitious...absorbing...Burrowing into both Afghan family life and the country's convoluted politics, the book follows three people over several decades, culminating in the dramatic first year of the Taliban restoration...Seierstad's short, punchy sentences, ably translated by Seán Kinsella, draw readers into the narrative
Åsne Seierstad is one of the greatest, most courageous journalists of our time. While others were desperately fleeing Afghanistan, Seierstad traveled there alone to see the impact of the Taliban victory. This is an important, heartbreaking book about the limits of military power, religious fundamentalism, America's broken promises, and the profound betrayal of Afghan women
The Afghans is an astonishing feat of writing and reporting and one of the finest books written on Afghanistan in a generation. I could not put this book down. On each page, as she follows these three lives with empathy and care, Åsne Seierstad is working at the very pinnacle of her prodigious powers. A clarion demanding we do not look away
Indelible portraits of people struggling to survive in a war-torn land
The Afghans is not simply an addictively engrossing read, but is also a work of real importance as we come to terms with Afghanistan's recent past and the return of the Taliban. This is a deeply human piece of writing which approaches the war through the eyes of the Afghans, men and women, who lived it, who made impossible choices at difficult moments, and who continue to live with the consequences. Harrowing, uplifting, fascinating, challenging and profound, no other recent book on the subject comes close
A gripping, richly textured account of Afghanistan's ordeal that humanizes all sides
Seierstad chronicles years of war and the rise and resurgence of the Taliban through the intimate, affecting portraits of three lives lived in history's shadow
Seierstad is masterful . . . her book is world class
Gripping . . . Seierstad succeeds in transforming the demonised stereotype - a Taliban terrorist - into a living, comprehensible human being
Enthralling and heart-breaking
'Åsne Seierstad is one of the greatest, most courageous journalists of our time. . . This is an important, heartbreaking book' ― Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation
In this compelling, intimate and thought-provoking new book from the internationally bestselling author of The Bookseller of Kabul, Åsne Seierstad introduces us to three unforgettable people living under the Taliban today. There is Jamila, a women's rights activist now based in the west who fought polio as a child and got an education when few women could; Bashir, a Taliban commander now living in luxury who grew up eager to avenge the martyrdom of a father killed by security forces; and Ariana, a law student who had nearly graduated when the Taliban regained power in 2021 and now is barred for her university campus and facing the prospect of an arranged marriage to a man she does not love.
The stories of these three Afghans encompass love, loss, revolt and war as well as the everyday rhythms of family life. Through them, we experience and come to understand what it is to live under the Taliban, and where this leaves Afghans today, and tomorrow.
'Harrowing, uplifting, fascinating, challenging and profound, no other recent book on the subject comes close' ― CPW Gammell, author of The Pearl of Khorasan: A History of Herat
A heartbreaking account
A valuable addition to the canon of literature on Afghanistan . . . [Seierstad] manages to achieve a rare intimacy
Ambitious...absorbing...Burrowing into both Afghan family life and the country's convoluted politics, the book follows three people over several decades, culminating in the dramatic first year of the Taliban restoration...Seierstad's short, punchy sentences, ably translated by Seán Kinsella, draw readers into the narrative
Åsne Seierstad is one of the greatest, most courageous journalists of our time. While others were desperately fleeing Afghanistan, Seierstad traveled there alone to see the impact of the Taliban victory. This is an important, heartbreaking book about the limits of military power, religious fundamentalism, America's broken promises, and the profound betrayal of Afghan women
The Afghans is an astonishing feat of writing and reporting and one of the finest books written on Afghanistan in a generation. I could not put this book down. On each page, as she follows these three lives with empathy and care, Åsne Seierstad is working at the very pinnacle of her prodigious powers. A clarion demanding we do not look away
Indelible portraits of people struggling to survive in a war-torn land
The Afghans is not simply an addictively engrossing read, but is also a work of real importance as we come to terms with Afghanistan's recent past and the return of the Taliban. This is a deeply human piece of writing which approaches the war through the eyes of the Afghans, men and women, who lived it, who made impossible choices at difficult moments, and who continue to live with the consequences. Harrowing, uplifting, fascinating, challenging and profound, no other recent book on the subject comes close
A gripping, richly textured account of Afghanistan's ordeal that humanizes all sides
Seierstad chronicles years of war and the rise and resurgence of the Taliban through the intimate, affecting portraits of three lives lived in history's shadow
Seierstad is masterful . . . her book is world class
Gripping . . . Seierstad succeeds in transforming the demonised stereotype - a Taliban terrorist - into a living, comprehensible human being
Enthralling and heart-breaking
'Åsne Seierstad is one of the greatest, most courageous journalists of our time. . . This is an important, heartbreaking book' ― Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation
In this compelling, intimate and thought-provoking new book from the internationally bestselling author of The Bookseller of Kabul, Åsne Seierstad introduces us to three unforgettable people living under the Taliban today. There is Jamila, a women's rights activist now based in the west who fought polio as a child and got an education when few women could; Bashir, a Taliban commander now living in luxury who grew up eager to avenge the martyrdom of a father killed by security forces; and Ariana, a law student who had nearly graduated when the Taliban regained power in 2021 and now is barred for her university campus and facing the prospect of an arranged marriage to a man she does not love.
The stories of these three Afghans encompass love, loss, revolt and war as well as the everyday rhythms of family life. Through them, we experience and come to understand what it is to live under the Taliban, and where this leaves Afghans today, and tomorrow.
'Harrowing, uplifting, fascinating, challenging and profound, no other recent book on the subject comes close' ― CPW Gammell, author of The Pearl of Khorasan: A History of Herat