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Descripción Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Kabul (A Methuen paperback) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Nº de ref. del artículo: 7719-9780413153708
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Descripción Paperback. Condición: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Damaged cover. The cover of is slightly damaged for instance a torn or bent corner. Nº de ref. del artículo: CHL9461834
Descripción Paperback. Condición: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Nº de ref. del artículo: 6545-9780413153708
Descripción Condición: Muy bueno. EAN: 9780413153708 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Título: Kabul Hirsh, M.e.Autor: M.E. Hirsh Editorial: Methuen Peso: 260. Nº de ref. del artículo: Happ-2023-08-22-d340aca4
Descripción Paperback. Condición: Good. 445 pages. Cover worn Reviews n nIn 1973 the prominent Anwari family gathers in their Kabul home to ncelebrate the marriage of eldest son Mangal to Roshana, a social nand political reformer. In one day the family's fortunes change. nPatriarch Omar resigns as Cabinet Minister to King Zahir. Mangal nhelps Prince Daoud in his coup setting up the first Afghan nrepublic. Daughter Saira's clandestine love affair is discovered; nher banishment to New Yor k City and her disastrous relationship nwith the ambitious Russia n Andrei are the results. Tor, the nyoungest and hardest to contr ol, is sent in disgrace to Moscow nwhere he becomes a black marke t dealer. Intrigue and political nmachinations abound, ending wit h the 1979 Soviet invasion and the nfamily's near-annihilation. A lthough none of the locales rings ntrue, bold characterization, s weeping action, strong plotting, and nsolid writing make this a f irst novel worth reading. Jo Ann nVicarel, Cleveland Heights-Univ ersity Heights P.L. n nAt Mangal Anwari's lavish wedding, his bri de wears a heavily nembroidered dress and a thin veil that barely conceals the scars nshe earned as an outspoken dissident during the turbulence of the nearly 1970s in Afghanistan. One night late r, her new husband joins nin a plan to depose the king, gaining a questionable position of npower in the new military government. At Mangal's insistence, his nyounger sister Saira departs for New York just hours before the ncoup, while their petulant young bro ther Tor is sent to Moscow nUniversity, where he buries his resen tment by helping to expand an nalready black market. Five years l ater, after Mangal is lost during nanother uprising and the threa t of Soviet domination begins to loom nlarge over Afghanistan, To r returns to Kabul's treacherous streets nto rescue his parents a nd make contact with the rebel camp, while nSaira foolishly share s secrets with her Russian lover, shattering nthe lives of her fa mily by helping the Soviets strike at the heart nof the resistanc e. First novelist Hirsh has turned in a gratifying nand vibrant d escription of a family and a country torn by political nstrife. J anuary 30. Nº de ref. del artículo: 3181w
Descripción Paperback. Condición: Good. When the last Afghan king is deposed in the summer of 1973, the family of Omar Anwari, his loyal cabinet minister, is torn apart along with their country. Over seven turbulent years while Catherine, their American mother, struggles to hold them together, Mangal, the eldest son, breaks with his father to follow his own political conscience; daughter Saira in New York is torn between two cultures; and Tor, the youngest, most passionate of the three grows up to become perhaps the bravest of them all. 445 pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1451353