Description
| Product ID: | 9781784708023 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Shadow City |
| Subtitle: | A Woman Walks Kabul |
| Authors: | Author: Taran Khan |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Middle Eastern history, Middle Eastern history, Cultural studies, Travel writing, Cultural studies, Travel writing, Afghanistan |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 'A fabulous piece of writing . . . I recommend it unreservedly' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'A brilliant book' CHRISTINA LAMB, author of Farewell KabulOne of the first things I was told when I arrived in Kabul was never to walk... When journalist Taran Khan arrives in Kabul, she uncovers a place that defies her expectations. Her wanderings with other Kabulis reveal a fragile city in a state of flux: stricken by near-constant war, but flickering with the promise of peace; governed by age-old codes but experimenting with new modes of living. Her walks take her to the unvisited tombs of the dead, and to the land of the living - like the booksellers, archaeologists, film-makers and entrepreneurs who are remaking this 3,000-year-old city. And as NATO troops begin to withdraw from the country, Khan watches the cycle of transformation begin again. **Winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award 2021****Winner of the Tata Literature Live First Book Award for Non-Fiction 2020**'Powerfully evocative' Kapka Kassabova'A wonderful journey' Atiq Rahimi'Khan illuminates Kabul's life-affirming humanity' TLS ''A fabulous piece of writing . . . I recommend it unreservedly'' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-02-04 |
