Shadow City
€14.50
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781784708023 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Taran Khan |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.228 |
| Publishing Date | 04/02/2021 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €13.68 |
| Tax | €0.82 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €14.50 |
| Availability | 8 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
''A fabulous piece of writing . . . I recommend it unreservedly'' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE
''A brilliant book'' CHRISTINA LAMB, author of Farewell Kabul
One 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