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. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
This novel, written pseudonymously, takes place in Kabul soon after the Russian invasion. A young man finds himself participating enthusiastically in the stoning death of a woman accused of prostitution, then confesses the incident to his horrified wife, a lawyer. Meanwhile, another couple--an army veteran and his critically ill wife--find the abuses of their homeland reflected in their relationship.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres, Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Literary, War + Military, Literary Genres + Types of Novels, Politics, Family + Friendship
- Publisher: Anchor Books
- Pages: 195
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: April 12, 2005
- Date Published: April 12, 2005
- Author: Yasmina Khadra