[PDF.43lq] The World is a Carpet: Four Seasons in an Afghan Village

The World is a Carpet: Four Seasons in an Afghan Village

[PDF.gw38] The World is a Carpet: Four Seasons in an Afghan Village

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 | #1363941 in Books |  Riverhead Hardcover |  2013-05-30 |  2013-05-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  1.01 x6.45 x8.42l,.88 | File type: PDF | 288 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| The People|By chadference|So many Westerners lack either the curiosity or the skill -- perhaps both -- to capture the true lives of Afghans, which at heart, deep down, are not all that different from ours. Badkhen captures this. She captures the timeless yearning for something better, something different, the yearning each of us feels between the mundane work and the indescriba|From Publishers Weekly|Starred . The trials and tribulations desperately poor Oqa, a hamlet in northern Afghanistan so remote that regional officials don't even know it exists, comes to life through the story of Thawra, a carpet weaver, and her family. Badkhen,

An unforgettable portrait of a place and a people shaped by centuries of art, trade, and war.

In the middle of the salt-frosted Afghan desert, in a village so remote that Google can’t find it, a woman squats on top of a loom, making flowers bloom in the thousand threads she knots by hand. Here, where heroin is cheaper than rice, every day is a fast day. B-52s pass overhead—a sign of America’s omnipotence or its vulnerability, the villagers...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The World is a Carpet: Four Seasons in an Afghan Village   |  Anna Badkhen.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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