Khadra, Yasmina.

The swallows of Kabul / Yasmina Khadra ; translated from the French by John Cullen. - 1st Anchor Books ed. - New York : Anchor Books, 2005. - 195 p. ; 21 cm.

Set in Kabul under the rule of the Taliban, this novel takes readers into the lives of two couples: Mohsen, who comes from a family of wealthy shopkeepers whom the Taliban has destroyed; Zunaira, his wife, exceedingly beautiful, who was once a brilliant teacher and is now no longer allowed to leave her home without an escort or covering her face. Intersecting their world is Atiq, a prison keeper, a man who has sincerely adopted the Taliban ideology and struggles to keep his faith, and his wife, Musarrat, who once rescued Atiq and is now dying.

ISBN: 1400033764 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2003050769

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Kābol (Afghanistan)--Fiction.