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S'està carregant… The Swallows of Kabul (2002)de Yasmina Khadra
  
No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.   Natt90 | Jan 27, 2023 |  Yasmina Khadra is the pseudonym for Mohammed Moulessehoul, an Algerian army officer who writes about issues of fundamentalism and Islam. In [The Swallows of Kabul], he follows two couples in Kabul, Afghanistan over the period of a week or so. Atiq Shaukat is a jailor of woman who have been condemned of arbitrary crimes and sentenced to be executed the next day. His wife, Musarrat, is dying of an unnamed illness. Mohsen Ramat is a former professional, now destitute and unmoored, whose only remaining point of reference is his wife, the beautiful former magistrate, Zunaira. The Taliban overshadows all, dictating their public lives, and insidiously invading their personal relationships and inner selves. A damning condemnation of life under the Taliban made more poignant now that the Taliban is back in control after a period of personal freedom. (  ) labfs39 | Jun 27, 2022 | The author, Khadra, an Algerian man, offers wonderful insight into human nature and human thinking. The characters in "The Swallows of Kabul" seem real in their suffering and in their desires. The book focuses on Kabul during the Taliban rule. The descriptions of life there ring true in my mind. The characters, like the country, lose their humanity, although none of them are exactly cruel or evil. They are simply forced by their circumstances and beliefs into the actions that end the book. (  ) mvblair | Aug 9, 2020 | C’est l’un des livres les plus pénibles que j’ai jamais lu… Une représentation d’une société brisée par le régime du taliban en Afghanistan, c’était tout simplement horrifiant de le lire encore moins de le finir ! Misogynie, brutalité et atrocités sans fin. Juste à quel point la société musulmane s’est détériorée… ? Maintenant je suis à ce point où je ne sais pas si je devrais apprécier le macabre du livre, ou juste le haïr. Honnêtement, je n’ai même pas pu avoir d’empathie, de sympathie ou n’importe quel autre sentiment pour ces personnages. Et je pense que l’auteur voulait qu’on les déteste, il n’y a aucun moyen que quelqu’un puisse les aimer. Leila.Khouane | May 24, 2020 | ) Steph. | Oct 2, 2019 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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Set in Kabul under the rule of the Taliban, this extraordinary novel takes readers into the lives of two couples: Mohsen, who comes from a family of wealthy shopkeepers whom the Taliban has destroyed; Zunaira, his wife, exceedingly beautiful, who was once a brilliant teacher and is now no longer allowed to leave her home without an escort or covering her face. Intersecting their world is Atiq, a prison keeper, a man who has sincerely adopted the Taliban ideology and struggles to keep his faith, and his wife, Musarrat, who once rescued Atiq and is now dying of sickness and despair. Desperate, exhausted Mohsen wanders through Kabul when he is surrounded by a crowd about to stone an adulterous woman. Numbed by the hysterical atmosphere and drawn into their rage, he too throws stones at the face of the condemned woman buried up to her waist. With this gesture the lives of all four protagonists move toward their destinies. The Swallows of Kabul is a dazzling novel written with compassion and exquisite detail by one of the most lucid writers about the mentality of Islamic fundamentalists and the complexities of the Muslim world. Yasmina Khadra brings readers into the hot, dusty streets of Kabul and offers them an unflinching but compassionate insight into a society that violence and hypocrisy have brought to the edge of despair. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — S'està carregant…GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)843.92Literature French and related languages French fiction Modern Period 21st CenturyLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana: (3.61)
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