TY  - BOOK
AU  - Khadra,Yasmina
TI  - The swallows of Kabul
SN  - 1400033764 (pbk.)
AV  - PQ 3989.2 .K386 H5713 2005
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Anchor Books
KW  - Taliban
KW  - Fiction
N1  - This translation originally published: London: Heinemann, 2004
N2  - 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
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