Journey Through Afghanistan

Name: Journey Through Afghanistan
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ISBN: 9780226100647

ISBN-10: 0226100642

ISBN-13: 9780226100647

Edition: 2002

Authors: David Chaffetz

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Shortly before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, David Chaffetz slipped from the protection of Western culture and immersed himself in the customs, fears, and hopes of the Afghan people, setting out by car and on horseback for a long journey through the northwestern quarter of the country. A Journey through Afghanistan is the story, told in vivid, descriptive prose, of his experience--an account that reveals more about the Afghan people themselves than most books written either before or since.

Book details

Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 1/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.91" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 0.924



Foreword



Portals to a Land


Islam Qala


Dasht, Bagh, Bazaar


Days and Nights in a Fasting Season


Celebrating the Feast



Waiting for Transfer


Afghan Truck


Light


Samovar Talk


The Div's Castle


At the Ball


On the Steppe



On Pilgrimage


Mazar-i-Sharif


Graves of Giants


The Cave of the Sleepers



Heart of an Oasis


The Old City


A Grand Gesture


A Keepsake


Holiday Bath


Abraham's Sacrifice



On Horseback


Ganj Bazaar


Kabud, Ablaq


Riding Out



The Journey


Eastward


On the Road


The Storm


Prophetic Talk


Under the Earth



In the Valley


A Very Small World


By the Riverside


Life of the Tribes


A Strange Ritual


The Shah of Mashhad



Leaving Afghanistan


A Handful of Dust


Madmen


Echoes and Apologies


Glossary