Author (نویسنده/ناشر):

Khadra, Yasmina, 1955-.

Catalog Source (منبع کتلاگ):

ACKU

Statement of responsibility:

Yasmina Khadra ; translated from the French by John Cullen.

Edition Statement:

First Anchor books edition 2005.

Publication/Distribution (Imprint):

Physical Description:

195 pages ; 21 cm.

Language:

English

ISBN:

9781400033768
1400033764

Subjects--Corporate Names:

,Taliban.

Subjects--Corporate Names:

,Taliban – Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:

Psychological fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:

,Afghanistan – Taliban.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:

,Kabul (Afghanistan) – Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:

,French fiction – Translations into English.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:

,Kabul (Afghanistan) – Social conditions – Fiction.

LC Class. No:

PQ3989.2. / K386. / K435 2005

Source of Classification:

Library of Congress Classification / Monograph

Accession No:

3ACKU000533512

General Note:

“March 2005”.

General Note:

Abstract: Set in Kabul under the rule of the Taliban, this novel takes readers into the lives of two couples: Mohsen, who comes from a family of wealthy shopkeepers whom the Taliban has destroyed; Zunaira, his wife, exceedingly beautiful, who was once a brilliant teacher and is now no longer allowed to leave her home without an escort or covering her face. Intersecting their world is Atiq, a prison keeper, a man who has sincerely adopted the Taliban ideology and struggles to keep his faith, and his wife, Musarrat, who once rescued Atiq and is now dying.

General Note:

“Beautifully written… puts a human face on the suffering inflicted by the Taliban…the swallows of Kabul will stay with you long after you’ve finished it—San Francisco Chronicle”—cover page.

General Note:

This book printed in three editions with different cover pages.