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   Aug 26, 2002 · The Swallows of Kabul is an astounding and elegiac novel of four people struggling to hold on to their humanity in a place where pleasure is a deadly sin and death has become routine.

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   Feb 1, 2004 · The Swallows of Kabul is a dazzling novel written with compassion and exquisite detail by one of the most lucid writers about the mentality of Islamic fundamentalists and the complexities of the Muslim world.

   • 4.7/5 (7)

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   Feb 1, 2004 · Despite its darkness, is The Swallows of Kabul ultimately a novel about hope and the possibility of redemption? The author, Mohammed Moulessehoul, was an Algerian army officer who originally wrote under his wife’s name, Yasmina Khadra, to avoid military censorship.

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   Jul 26, 2013 · As a portrait of life under a frightening and oppressive regime, Swallows of Kabul is an illuminating and often distressing read. It is particularly good at highlighting and exploring the Taliban’s subjugation of women.

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   Learn from 7,566 book reviews of Swallows of Kabul, by Yasmina Khadra. With recommendations from world experts and thousands of smart readers.

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   Feb 1, 2004 · The Swallows of Kabul is the best book I have ever read. I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a heart softening book. Thanks to my social studies class I am glad I read this.

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   Why should you read the Swallows of Kabul?

   • In lucid, lyrical prose, The Swallows of Kabul carries us into a land of mind-numbing fear and harrowing hardship and reveals the possibilities for love and compassion that simmer beneath the surface. Reading Guide Khadra depicts the city of Kabul in exquisite detail.

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   What happens in the Swallows of Kabul?

   • The Swallows of Kabul is a novel by Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra. It was originally written and published in French. You meet Atiq Shaukat, a jailer. His wife, Musarrat, is very sick and dying. She is a burden to him and made him late for work. He escorts a prostitute to be executed. You meet Mohsen Ramat. He's against the new Taliban rule.

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   What happens in the Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra?

   • The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra is a heart piercing book about two couples living under the Taliban in Kabul. In one chapter a husband begs his wife to go for a walk with him and she finally agrees, only to have a solider abuse her and physically force her husband to attend the mosque, leaving her to stand in the heat boiling under a burka.

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   Is the Swallows of Kabul a true story?

   • Prophets are dead, and their ghosts are crucified even in the hearts of children... In the general sense, The Swallows of Kabul is a short novel of Afghan life under the Taliban, but (as with Philip Caputos' Acts of Faith) the real message of this political novel is more personal and more penetrating.

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   Who wrote the Swallows of Kabul?

   • His novel The Swallows of Kabul, set in Afghanistan under the Taliban, was shortlisted for the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. L'Attentat won the Prix des libraires in 2006, a prize chosen by about five thousand bookstores in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Canada.

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   What is the difference between swallows of Kabul and Dai Sijie?

   • Dai Sijie's book tells a strong story but has moments of lightness; whereas The Swallows of Kabul is variously described as 'poetic, intimate, and poignant' but there are no light moments.

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   Apr 12, 2005 · Despite its darkness, is The Swallows of Kabul ultimately a novel about hope and the possibility of redemption? 18. The author, Mohammed Moulessehoul, was an Algerian army officer who originally wrote under his wife's name, Yasmina Khadra, to avoid military censorship.