Persecution and misery in the chaos of life in Afghanistan under the Taliban. Desperate people driven to desperate acts. A harrowing, startling, horribly wretched tale of love, bitterness, sacrifice and death. A very chilling read. Interestingly the author is an Algerian army officer who took a female nom de plume so he would not have to submit the manuscript for approval by the army.
Comparison: J M Coetzee, Rachel Seiffert, Bernhard Schlink.
Similar this month: William Nicholson.
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Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
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Swallows of Kabul was written by Yasmina Khadra and published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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