SEWING CIRCLES OF HERAT EB
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SEWING CIRCLES OF HERAT EB

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SEWING CIRCLES OF HERAT EB

About this book

In 1992 Christina Lamb reported on the war the Afghan people were fighting against the Soviet Union. Now, back in Afghanistan, she has written an extraordinary memoir of her love affair with the country and its people.

Long haunted by her experiences in Afghanistan, Lamb returned there after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre to find out what had become of the people and places that had marked her life as a young graduate. This time seeing the land through the eyes of a mother and experienced foreign correspondent, Lamb's journey brings her in touch with the people no one else is writing about: the abandoned victims of almost a quarter century of war.

'Of all books about Afghanistan, Christina Lamb's is the most revealing and rewarding…a personal, perceptive and moving account of bravery in the face of staggering difficulties.' Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times

'As an account of how Afghanistan got into its present state, and of the making of the grotesque regime of the Taliban, this book could not possibly be bettered. Brilliant.' Matthew Leeming, Spectator

'Lamb's book combines a love of Afghanistan with a fearless search for the human stories behind the past twenty-three years of war…Her book is not only a necessary education for the Western reader in the political warring that generated the torture, murder and poverty, but also a stirring lament for the country of ruins that was once better known for its poetry and mosques.' James Hopkin, The Times

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Praise
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Map
  9. Family Tree
  10. Beginnings
  11. The Taliban Torturer
  12. Mullahs on Motorbikes
  13. Inside the House of Knowledge
  14. The Royal Court in Exile
  15. The Sewing Circles of Herat
  16. The Secret of Glass
  17. Unpainting the Peacocks
  18. The Story of Abdullah
  19. Face to Face with the Taliban
  20. A Letter from Kabul
  21. Keep Reading
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index
  24. Acknowledgements
  25. About the Author
  26. About the Publisher