When andrea busfield gave up everything to work in kabul, it was lifechanging in more ways than one. Whilst covering the fall of the taliban for the news of the world she fell in love with afghanistan and made it. Each week, our editors select the one author and one book they believe to be most worthy of your attention and highlight them in our pro connect email alert. Author andrea busfield is a british journalist who traveled to afghanistan to cover the fall of the taliban in 2001. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. My name is fawad and my mother tells me i was born under the shadow of the taliban. Martins publishing group, feb 2, 2010 fiction 320 pages. In his short life, elevenyearold fawad has known more grief than most. Andrea busfield is a british journalist who first traveled to afghanistan to cover the fall of the taliban in 2001 as a reporter for the news of the world. Born under a million shadows audiobook andrea busfield. Born under a million shadows by andrea busfield penguin books. The genesis of born under a million shadows culture. Watch for my author chat with andrea busfield coming later today.
Born under a million shadows is a witty, funny, moving look at current day afghanistan and its people as seen through the eyes of a child. Born under a million shadows by andrea busfield fantastic fiction. Born under a million shadows is set in kabul after the fall of the taliban in late 2001. Born under a million shadows by andrea busfield read free. Youve pretty much summarized it and anyone reading this would be tempted to try the book as it tells you more about life in afghanistan and thats the most interesting thing, that and fawad and getting in his head. Born under a million shadows i was very disappointed with this book. Just finished reading a gem of a book called born under a million shadows by andrea busfield. First and foremost she effectively conveys a fascination and beauty of a country which in my mind had so far been equated with images of war and burkas. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Every character displays the full spectrum of human emotion throughout the book, but all of these emotions are expressed at once in the final few chapters. A bighearted novel infused with crackling wit, andrea busfields brilliant debut captures the hope and humanity of the afghan people and the foreigners who live.
I was taken in by andrea busfields great writing style from page one. A moving tale of the triumph of the human spirit amidst heartbreaking tragedy, told through the eyes of a charming. Hear andrea busfield talk about her novel born under a million shadows. Author andrea busfield discusses her novel born under a.
Read born under a million shadows 2010 online free. A moving tale of the triumph of the human spirit amidst heartbreaking tragedy, told through the eyes of a charming, impish, and wickedly observant afghan boy the taliban have withdrawn from kabuls streets, but. She is now a fulltime writer living in bad ischl, austria. Both the advertisements as well as the cover of the.
Beautiful story, told as from a childs view, andrea makes it a wonderfully, funny tale, the childs comments and thoughts are hilarious and just so perfect. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. She compared it to books by khaled hosseini so i knew that i absolutely had to read it. In this story set in afghanistan during the volatile times of taliban rule, andrea busfield tells us about fawad, a young boy about 10 or 11, as he slowly discovers what its really like to live in a. I learnt a lot about afghanistan and its culture reading this book but what i liked. Born under a million shadows book by andrea busfield. In born under a million shadows, andrea busfield does several things well that make this novel work for me.
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