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Winter in Kandahar - Life in Afghanistan Before the Taliban (Paperback)
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Winter in Kandahar - Life in Afghanistan Before the Taliban (Paperback)
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Loot Price R486
Discovery Miles 4 860
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In 1968, with Franco still in power, 21-year-old Ana M. Briongos
left her native city of Barcelona for the first time and went to
Afghanistan. Staying first in Kandahar, then in Kabul, it was not
long before she fell in love with this fascinating country. Between
1968 and 1977, she would return there many times. In her quest for
self-discovery, she encountered a cast of characters worthy of a
novel, from street vendors in the bazaar to members of the
country's ruling class and relatives of the Afghan royal family.
Ana M. Briongos was also very privileged to be given a rare and
intriguing glimpse behind the veil into the hidden world of Afghan
women. "Winter in Kandahar" offers a personal recollection of an
Afghanistan that no longer exists: that of the final years of a
forty-year-old monarchy on the verge of collapse. The book provides
an insight into Afghanistan's complex system of clans and tribes,
as well as a compelling account of the country's troubled history.
The friendships Ana Briongos cemented during those years are still
very much alive; this book represents a tribute to the survival of
friendship through adversity against a backdrop of adventure and
intrigue.
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