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If You Like...The Kite Runner |
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
Two women born a generation apart witness the destruction of their home and family in war-torn Kabul, losses incurred over the course of thirty years that test the limits of their strength and courage.
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The Swallows of Kabul
by Yasmina Khadra
Their lives as a diplomat and lawyer frozen by the ascendancy of the Taliban, Moshen and Zunaira find their situation descending into nightmarish proportions when Zunaira is arrested and condemned to death, an occurrence through which she comes to know veteran and jailer Atiq, who is embittered by the Taliban's cruelty and his wife's terminal illness.
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House of Sand and Fog
by Andre Dubus
When a former colonel of the Iranian Air Force and his family purchase a small California home at auction, they are faced with a great conflict as the former owner and her police officer boyfriend fight to get it back at any cost.
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The Warlord's Son
by Dan Fesperman
Skelly, a burned-out war correspondent, and his Pakistani translator, Najeeb, make a harrowing journey into the war-torn world of present-day Afghanistan, where they are plunged into a deadly web of intrigue, betrayal, violence, and religious extremism and only their loyalty to each other can help them survive.
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Anil's Ghost
by Michael Ondaatje
The time is our own time. The place is Sri Lanka, the island nation formerly known as Ceylon, off the southern tip of India, a country steeped in centuries of cultural achievement and tradition--and forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of civil war and the consequences of a country divided against itself. Into this maelstrom steps a young woman, Anil Tessera, born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, a forensic anthropologist sent by an international human rights group to work with local officials to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island.
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
by Azar Nafisi
Describes growing up in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the group of young women who came together at her home in secret every Thursday to read and discuss great books of Western literature, explaining the influence of Lolita, The Great Gatsby, Pride and Prejudice, and other works on their lives and goals.
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The Bookseller of Kabul
by Åsne Seierstad
The Norwegian journalist provides a portrait of a committed Muslim man and his family living in post-Taliban Kabul, Afghanistan.
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The Language of Baklava: A Memoir
by Diana Abu-Jaber
In a memoir about the joys and difficulties of straddling two cultures, the author of Arabian Jazz describes her life in upstate New York with an extended Arab and American family, her family's move "home" to Jordan, and her return to the United States, exploring the role of food, cooking, and eating in shaping her life.
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Born Under a Million Shadows: A Novel
by Andrea Busfield
In post-Taliban Afghanistan, Fawad and his mother move in with a Western woman, Georgie, who has a special relationship with a notorious Afghan warlord, and soon, a horrible tragedy threatens to destroy Fawad's unwavering love for his country.
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Kabul Beauty School: an American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
by Deborah Rodriguez
The founder of the Kabul Beauty School describes the lives of women in the patriarchal society of Afghanistan from the perspective of the school and its students, offering profiles of such women as a newlywed who must fake her own virginity, a child bride sold into marriage to pay her family's debts, and the wife of a Taliban member who pursues her training despite her husband's abuse.
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