Author (نویسنده/ناشر):

Klass, Rosanne.

Statement of responsibility:

Publication/Distribution (Imprint):

Hong Kong : Odyssey ; New York : distributed by W.W. Norton, c2007.

Physical Description:

344 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.

Language:

ISBN:

9622177867
9789622177864

Subjects--Topical Terms:

Klass, Rosanne – Travel – Afghanistan.
Education – Afghanistan.
Afghanistan – Description and travel.
Afghanistan – Social life and customs.

Class. No:

DS 354 .K55 1966 2007

Accession No:

15798

General Note:

Summary: An insightful account of the land and its proud people. Klass was the first woman to teach boys from the country's villages. She writes of Afghan traditions, of stark, splendid landscapes and of enduring friendships. A vivid protrait of Afghanistan as it was before Afghan life was blasted into ruins.

General Note:

Notes: Originally published by Random House as: Land of the high flags : a travel-memoir of Afghanistan, 1964.