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Author
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent. Beginning her career as an awkward newbie in Afghanistan, she soon grew into a wisecracking, seasoned reporter with grave concerns about our ability to win hearts and minds in the region, not to mention racking up a number of crazy but true stories.
Author
Language
English
Description
When Kim Barker first arrived in Kabul as a journalist in 2002, she had only recently acquired a passport, spoke only English, and had little idea how to do the "Taliban Shuffle" between Afghanistan and Pakistan. No matter - her stories about Islamic militants and shaky reconstruction were soon overshadowed by the bigger news in Iraq. But as she delved deeper into Pakistan and Afghanistan, her love for the hapless countries grew, along with her fear...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A lush, sweeping debut novel in the vein of All the Light We Cannot See, about a Hindu perfumer and a Muslim calligrapher, who fall in love against the backdrop of Partition. On a January morning in 1938, Samir Vij first locks eyes with Firdaus Khan through the rows of perfume bottles in his family's ittar shop in Lahore. Over the years that follow, the perfumer's apprentice and calligrapher's apprentice fall in love with their ancient crafts and...