The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State - Couverture rigide

Walsh, Declan

 
9780393249910: The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State
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ISBN 10 : 0393249913 ISBN 13 : 9780393249910
Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2020

Synopsis

Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times's most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals.

On assignment as the country careened between crises, Walsh traveled from the raucous port of Karachi to the salons of Lahore, and from Baluchistan to the mountains of Waziristan. He met a diverse cast of extraordinary Pakistanis--a chieftain readying for war at his desert fort, a retired spy skulking through the borderlands, and a crusading lawyer risking death for her beliefs, among others. Through these "nine lives" he describes a country on the brink--a place of creeping extremism and political chaos, but also personal bravery and dogged idealism that defy easy stereotypes.

Unbeknownst to Walsh, however, an intelligence agent was tracking him. Written in the aftermath of Walsh's abrupt deportation, The Nine Lives of Pakistan concludes with an astonishing encounter with that agent, and his revelations about Pakistan's powerful security state. Intimate and complex, attuned to the centrifugal forces of history, identity, and faith, The Nine Lives of Pakistan offers an unflinching account of life in a precarious, vital country.

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À propos de l?auteur

Declan Walsh, formerly the New York Times Pakistan bureau chief, is based in Cairo. He was educated in Dublin and has also reported from sub-Saharan Africa, Afghanistan, the United States, and across the Middle East.

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Éditeur
W. W. Norton & Company
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393249913
ISBN 13 
9780393249910
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
360
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1408868490 ISBN 13 :  9781408868492
Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021
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