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Praise for Yasmina Khadra: 'A writer who can understand man wherever he is' New York Times The Swallows of Kabul '[Khadra's] intense, elegant, despairing prose is very much in the tradition of Camus... Deeply affecting... Any walls the reader may have built between "them" and "us" come crumbling down.' Guardian 'Vivid... Inspiring... It reads with biblical force - like Jeremiah lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem.' Daily Telegraph '[Khadra's] ability to take his readers deep in the souls of those struggling to live under such a regime makes for a disturbing but irresistible story.' Glasgow Herald 'This...agonized yet at the same time transcendently harmonious and compassionate work challenges the idea that an ordinary soul can survive all God cares to throw at it in the way of adversity.' TLS '[Khadra] writes as a kind of village sage, a war veteran whose tales compel passers-by to stop and listen... [He] belongs in the ranks of those writers ndash; J M Coetzee, for example ndash; who make violence into art... He has held onto his conscience and made beautiful; art of the terror he knew first-hand.' New York Times 'Disturbing and mesmerizing... Will stay with you long after you've finished it.' San Francisco Chronicle 'It is the journey into the beaten souls of Khadra's characters that makes this book so affecting. Few writers have so powerfully conveyed what it feels like to live in a totalitarian society... This book is a masterpiece.' Newsweek
| ISBN-13 | 9780434015580 |
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| ISBN-10 | 043401558X |
| Weight | 0.76 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 8.07 x 5.39 x 0.94 In |
| Format | Hardcover |
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| Pages | 272 pages |
| Publisher | William Heinemann Ltd |
| Published On | 2006-07-06 |
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