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Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul

'A fabulous piece of writing ... I recommend it unreservedly' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE

'A brilliant book' CHRISTINA LAMB, author of Farewell Kabul

One of the first things I was told when I arrived in Kabul was never to walk...

When journalist Taran Khan arrives in Kabul, she uncovers a place that defies her expectations. Her wanderings with other Kabulis reveal a fragile city in a state of flux: stricken by near-constant war, but flickering with the promise of peace; governed by age-old codes but experimenting with new modes of living.

Her walks take her to the unvisited tombs of the dead, and to the land of the living — like the booksellers, archaeologists, film-makers and entrepreneurs who are remaking this 3,000-year-old city. And as NATO troops begin to withdraw from the country, Khan watches the cycle of transformation begin again.

**Winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award 2021** **Winner of the Tata Literature Live First Book Award for Non-Fiction 2020**

'Powerfully evocative' Kapka Kassabova

'A wonderful journey' Atiq Rahimi

'Khan illuminates Kabul's life-affirming humanity' TLS

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 288
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-1-78470-802-3
  • EAN
  • 9781784708023
  • Release date
  • 2021