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The Swallows of Kabul is a 2002 novel by Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra. It was originally written and published in French.
- Michele Levy, Yasmina Khadra, John Cullen
- 2002
Aug 26, 2002 · 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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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.
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The Swallows of Kabul is a work of historical fiction, taking place during the Taliban occupation of Kabul in Afghanistan. The novel was initially published in August of 2002, 10 months after the US-Afghan military overthrew the Taliban occupation of the city.
About The Swallows of Kabul. Set in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, this extraordinary novel “puts a human face on the suffering inflicted by the Taliban” (San Francisco Chronicle), taking readers into the seemingly divergent lives of two couples—and depicting with compassion and exquisite details the mentality of Islamic ...
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Dec 18, 2007 · The Swallows of Kabul. Yasmina Khadra. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Dec 18, 2007 - Fiction - 208 pages. Set in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul, this extraordinary novel "puts a human...
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Feb 8, 2004 · Briefly Noted. The Swallows of Kabul. February 8, 2004. Two men struggle to keep their sanity in a brief, despairing novel written pseudonymously by a former Algerian Army officer.
