| Description |
xi, 258 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: Chicago, Ill. : Regnery Gateway, c1981. With a new glossary. |
| Contents |
Portals to a Land -- Islam Qala -- Dasht, Bagh, Bazaar -- Days and Nights in a Fasting Season -- Celebrating the Feast -- Waiting for Transfer -- Afghan Truck -- Light -- Samovar Talk -- The Div's Castle -- At the Ball -- On the Steppe -- On Pilgrimage -- Mazar-i-Sharif -- Graves of Giants -- The Cave of the Sleepers -- Heart of an Oasis -- The Old City -- A Grand Gesture -- A Keepsake -- Holiday Bath -- Abraham's Sacrifice -- On Horseback -- Ganj Bazaar -- Kabud, Ablaq -- Riding Out -- The Journey -- Eastward -- On the Road -- The Storm -- Prophetic Talk -- Under the Earth -- In the Valley -- A Very Small World -- By the Riverside -- Life of the Tribes -- A Strange Ritual -- The Shah of Mashhad -- Leaving Afghanistan -- A Handful of Dust -- Madmen -- Echoes and Apologies. |
| Subject |
Afghanistan -- Description and travel.
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Chaffetz, David.
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| ISBN |
0226100642 |
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9780226100647 |
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