Books from Afghanistan
29 popular afghan books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Asia Challenge" were written by authors from Afghanistan.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi EN
Country: Asia / Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Description:
When the Soviet army arrives in Afghanistan, the elderly Dastaguir witnesses the destruction of his village. Haunting in its spareness, "Earth and Ashes" is a tale of devastating loss, but also of human perseverance in the face of madness and war.
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Games Without Rules by Tamim Ansary EN
Country: Asia / Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Description:
Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism. That war is real; but it sits atop an older struggle, between Kabul and the countryside, between order and chaos, between a modernist impulse to join the world and the pull of an older Afghanistan: a tribal universe of village republics permeated by Islam. Now, Tamim Ansary draws on his Afghan background, Muslim roots, and Western and Afghan sources to explain history from the inside out, and to illuminate the long, internal struggle that the outside world has never fully understood.... continue
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La piedra de la paciencia by Atiq Rahimi ES
Country: Asia / Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Description:
En la mitología persa, sangue sabur, «la piedra de la paciencia», es una piedra mágica a la que uno le cuenta sus desgracias, sus sufrimientos, sus miserias, para confiarle todo lo que no nos atrevemos a revelar a los demás; La piedra escucha, absorbe como una esponja todas las palabras, todos los secretos, hasta que un buen día explota; Y ese día, uno queda liberado. En esta novela, localizada «en alguna parte de Afganistán, o en cualquier otro lugar», la piedra de la paciencia es un hombre tendido en un colchón en el suelo, en estado vegetativo a causa de una bala alojada en la nuca. A su la... continue
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Laberinto de sueño y angustia by Atiq Rahimi ES
Country: Asia / Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Description:
El Farhad, el enamorado, el amigo, el hijo, el hermano, el esposo y el padre, víctima de una represión injustificada y atroz, recuerda y revive en su agonía sus amores, temores y desesperanzas. En este largo delirio nos descubre con magistrales imágenes y minuciosas descripciones sus sentimientos, deseos y luchas, bajo el terror y la angustia provocados por una opresión que sólo conduce a la muerte y a la destrucción. Su deseo de quedarse con los que ama se confunde con el anhelo de escapar hacia un lugar en el que los cañones de los kalashnikov no le apunten a cada paso y en el que la amenaza... continue
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Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul by Khaled Hosseini FR
Country: Asia / Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Description:
En plus de nous révéler l'Afghanistan contemporain, le romancier réussit une très belle histoire d'amour en ce lieu difficile. [SDM].
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My Forbidden Face : Growing Up Under the Taliban : a Young Woman's Story by Latifa, Chékéba Hachemi EN
Country: Asia / Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Description:
Born into a middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980, Latifa had a conventional childhood. Then, Taliban soldiers seized power in Kabul. And from that moment, Latifa, just sixteen, became a prisoner in her own home. The simplest and most basic freedoms were forbidden. She was forced to put on a chadri, the state-mandated uniform that covered her entire body. Disbelief at having to hide herself was soon replaced by fear, the fear of being whipped or stoned like women she'd seen. My Forbidden Face provides a moving and highly personal account of life under the Taliban regime. With painful hon... continue
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O caçador de pipas by Khaled Hosseini PT
Country: Asia / Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Description:
Publicado em mais de 70 países e com a marca de mais de 2 milhões de exemplares vendidos apenas no Brasil, o aclamado livro O caçador de pipas, romance de estreia de Khaled Hosseini, está de volta em nova edição. O romance narra a tocante história da amizade entre Amir e Hassan, dois meninos que vivem no Afeganistão da década de 1970. Durante um campeonato de pipas, Amir perde a chance de defender Hassan, num episódio que marca a vida dos dois amigos para sempre. Vinte anos mais tarde, quando Amir está estabelecido nos Estados Unidos, após ter abandonado um Afeganistão tomado pelos soviéticos,... continue