Afghan Rumour Bazaar: Secret Sub-Cultures, Hidden Worlds and the Everyday Life of the Absurd - Couverture souple

Arbabzadah, Nushin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849042314 ISBN 13 : 9781849042314

Editeur : C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2013

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Ironic and humorous, witty and self-deprecatory, The Afghan Rumour Bazaar reveals the quotidian absurdities of lives framed against the backdrop of a savage war. Offering daringly new perspectives on a country readers may erroneously assume they know, Nushin Arbabzadah delves into the unacknowledged but real secret sub-cultures and hidden worlds of Afghans, from underground converts to Christianity to mysterious male cross-dressers to tales of bacha-posh girlboys. Among the individuals, fables and dilemmas she confronts are 'Why are Imams Telling Us About Nail Polish?,' 'Afghanistan's Rich Jewish Heritage,' 'Kabul Street Style,' 'The Resurgence of Afghanistan's Spiritual Bazaar,' and not forgetting Malalai of Maiwand, who turned her headscarf into a banner and led a successful rebellion against the British. Arbabzadah reveals for the first time Afghans own vibrant internal deliberations--on sex and soap operas; conspiracy theories; drugs and diplomacy; terrorism and the Taliban; and how a long-dead soothsayer from Bulgaria accidentally shut down a newspaper. Many different Afghan sensibilities are presented in her book, yet together they offer an unvarnished, at times heartwarming, at times tragic, insight into one of the most complex and fascinating countries on earth.

Revue de presse :

'A fresh, funny, provocative voice. Arbabzadah's candid memories and comments are a timely reminder that Afghanistan is a country, not merely a conflict.' --Jason Burke, author of On The Road to Kandahar: Travels Through Conflict in the Islamic World and The 9/11 Wars

A wry and witty narrative that s authoritative, affectionate, and at moments wonderfully absurd. With an eye for detail, and a profound sense of place, Nushin Arbabzadah s essays bring us deep inside a remarkable culture defined by its honour and humour. Afghanistan s story is best told by Afghans who live with all its incongruity and still leave us agreeing it s a country like no other. --Lyse Doucet, Chief International Correspondent, BBC

Nushin Arbabzadah s Afghanistan is a wonderful and terrible place, a land of heart-stopping beauty and unspeakable horrors ... The book is chaotic, and wonderfully so. Its great strength as a national portrait is that the jumble of anecdote and analysis, with serious scholarship and pithy observation and trivial detail all thrown in together, feels three-dimensional and complete. --Cordelia Jenkins, Mint

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1849042314
• ISBN 13: 9781849042314
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224