{"product_id":"taran-khan-shadow-city-2021-paperback","title":"Taran Khan: Shadow City [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fabulous piece of writing . . . I recommend it unreservedly' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brilliant book' CHRISTINA LAMB, author of \u003ci\u003eFarewell Kabul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne of the first things I was told when I arrived in Kabul was never to walk...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen journalist Taran Khan arrives in Kabul, she uncovers a place that defies her expectations. Her wanderings with other Kabulis reveal a fragile city in a state of flux: stricken by near-constant war, but flickering with the promise of peace; governed by age-old codes but experimenting with new modes of living.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer walks take her to the unvisited tombs of the dead, and to the land of the living - like the booksellers, archaeologists, film-makers and entrepreneurs who are remaking this 3,000-year-old city. And as NATO troops begin to withdraw from the country, Khan watches the cycle of transformation begin again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award 2021**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the Tata Literature Live First Book Award for Non-Fiction 2020**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Powerfully evocative' Kapka Kassabova\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful journey' Atiq Rahimi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Khan illuminates Kabul's life-affirming humanity' \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Khan, Taran","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":54467893002579,"sku":"XV81784708023","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/khan-taran-taran-khan-shadow-city-2021-paperback-xv81784708023-1252513446.jpg?v=1785689531","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/taran-khan-shadow-city-2021-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}