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Lädt ... Kabulvon M. E. Hirsh
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Modern events sometime demand the reissue of a book published several years ago. Hirsh's internationally acclaimed 1986 novel,Kabul, provides an almost miraculous window into a country and its people that now have captured the world's attention. When the last Afghan king is deposed in the summer of 1973, the family of Omar Anwari, his loyal cabinet minister, is torn apart along with their country. Over seven turbulent years while Catherine, their American mother, struggles to hold them together, Mangal, the eldest son, breaks with his father to follow his own political conscience; daughter Saira in New York is torn between two cultures; and Tor, the youngest, most passionate of the three grows up to become perhaps the bravest of them all. An epic tale of civil war, political intrigue, and family tragedy,Kabul is a moving, insightful portrayal of a proud nation brought to chaos. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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That complication is really what makes the book difficult at times. The author obviously is very familiar with the Afghan history and assumes too much from the reader. This is not an easy book to read. I do prefer books that will make me think and I feel that I have learned something, but sometimes to me, this one was overwhelming. I appreciate the effort, the seeming accuracy, and the details, but I will have to admit, I had to push myself to finish.
While I don't have enough knowledge to debate the accuracy of the history of the times, I can comment on that fictional family that provides the story. At times, any one of them was believable and their motives seemed realistic. At other times, that too was a stretch. Tor's relationship with British Elizabeth in Moscow was perhaps the largest. The subplot of Elizabeth's smuggling documents out of Russia in a fur coat took pages and pages and didn't seem to add much to the story of Afghanistan.
This is a sweeping view of that particular time in Afghan history, and it that regard it is interesting and informative. The reader just has to find his or her way through the tangle of personalities and cultures to see the whole picture. ( )