The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Autor Kim Barkeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 feb 2012
Now a Major Motion Picture titled "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, and Billy Bob Thornton.
When Kim Barker first arrived in Kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned a passport, spoke only English and had little idea how to do the Taliban Shuffle between Afghanistan and Pakistan. No matter her stories about Islamic militants and shaky reconstruction were soon overshadowed by the bigger news in Iraq. But as she delved deeper into Pakistan and Afghanistan, her love for the hapless countries grew, along with her fear for their future stability. In this darkly comic and unsparing memoir, Barker uses her wry, incisive voice to expose the absurdities and tragedies of the forgotten war, finding humor and humanity amid the rubble and heartbreak.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780307477385
ISBN-10: 030747738X
Pagini: 302
Ilustrații: 1 MAP
Dimensiuni: 133 x 205 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Anchor Books
ISBN-10: 030747738X
Pagini: 302
Ilustrații: 1 MAP
Dimensiuni: 133 x 205 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Anchor Books
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Praise for "The Taliban Shuffle"
"What's remarkable about "The Taliban Shuffle" is that its author, Kim Barker, has written an account of her experiences covering Afghanistan and Pakistan that manages to be hilarious and harrowing, witty and illuminating, all at the same time... Ms. Barker has discovered a voice in these pages that enables her to capture both the serious and the seriously absurd conditions in Af-Pak (Afghanistan and Pakistan), and the surreal deal of being a female reporter there, with dating problems ranging from the screwball (a boyfriend competing to cover the same story) to the ridiculous (being romantically pursued by the former prime minister of Pakistan). Black humor, it turns out, is a perfect tool for capturing the sad-awful-frequently-insane incongruities of war. "The Taliban Shuffle," in fact, reads like a rollicking and revealing mashup of "Imperial Life in the Emerald City" (Rajiv Chandrasekaran's devastating 2006 portrait of the unreal world of Ira
"Remarkable. . . . [Barker] has written an account of her experiences covering Afghanistan and Pakistan that manages to be hilarious and harrowing, witty and illuminating, all at the same time." --Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times "
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""The Taliban Shuffle" isn't like any other book out there about Afghanistan and Pakistan. It's witty, brilliant, and impossible to put down." --Rajiv Chandrasekaran, author of "Imperial Life in the Emerald City"
""The Taliban Shuffle" is part war memoir, part tale of self-discovery that, thanks to Barker's biting honesty and wry wit, manages to be both hilarious and heartbreaking." "--""Chicago Tribune"
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"What you'd hear if the reporter never turned off the voice recorder between interviews--brilliant firsthand outtakes that wind up telling us more about the Afghan debacle than any foreign policy briefing." "--""The Seattle Times"
"At once funny and harrowing, insightful and appalling. . . . "The Taliban Shuffle" will pull you in so deep that you'll smell the poppies and quake from the bombs." --"The Minneapolis Star Tribune"
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"If you're looking for a window on the challenges facing Afghanistan and Pakistan today--from a resurgent Taliban to American incompetence to Afghan and Pakistani corruption and nepotism--Barker provides a sterling vantage point." --"San Francisco Chronicle "
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"Kim Barker gives a true and amusing picture of hellholes and the reporters on assignment in them. But she breaks the journo code of silence and reveals a trade secret of the hacks who cover hellholes: The hell of the holes is that they're kind of fun." --P. J. O'Rourke
""The Taliban Shuffle" gives us an insider's perspective of Afghanistan and Pakistan--their fascinating cultures, unstable governments, and burgeoning terrorist groups. . . . With dark, self-deprecating humor and shrewd insight, Barker chronicles her experiences as a rookie foreign reporter and the critical years when the Tal
"What's remarkable about "The Taliban Shuffle" is that its author, Kim Barker, has written an account of her experiences covering Afghanistan and Pakistan that manages to be hilarious and harrowing, witty and illuminating, all at the same time... Ms. Barker has discovered a voice in these pages that enables her to capture both the serious and the seriously absurd conditions in Af-Pak (Afghanistan and Pakistan), and the surreal deal of being a female reporter there, with dating problems ranging from the screwball (a boyfriend competing to cover the same story) to the ridiculous (being romantically pursued by the former prime minister of Pakistan). Black humor, it turns out, is a perfect tool for capturing the sad-awful-frequently-insane incongruities of war. "The Taliban Shuffle," in fact, reads like a rollicking and revealing mashup of "Imperial Life in the Emerald City" (Rajiv Chandrasekaran's devastating 2006 portrait of the unreal world of Ira
"Remarkable. . . . [Barker] has written an account of her experiences covering Afghanistan and Pakistan that manages to be hilarious and harrowing, witty and illuminating, all at the same time." --Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times "
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""The Taliban Shuffle" isn't like any other book out there about Afghanistan and Pakistan. It's witty, brilliant, and impossible to put down." --Rajiv Chandrasekaran, author of "Imperial Life in the Emerald City"
""The Taliban Shuffle" is part war memoir, part tale of self-discovery that, thanks to Barker's biting honesty and wry wit, manages to be both hilarious and heartbreaking." "--""Chicago Tribune"
" "
"What you'd hear if the reporter never turned off the voice recorder between interviews--brilliant firsthand outtakes that wind up telling us more about the Afghan debacle than any foreign policy briefing." "--""The Seattle Times"
"At once funny and harrowing, insightful and appalling. . . . "The Taliban Shuffle" will pull you in so deep that you'll smell the poppies and quake from the bombs." --"The Minneapolis Star Tribune"
" "
"If you're looking for a window on the challenges facing Afghanistan and Pakistan today--from a resurgent Taliban to American incompetence to Afghan and Pakistani corruption and nepotism--Barker provides a sterling vantage point." --"San Francisco Chronicle "
" "
"Kim Barker gives a true and amusing picture of hellholes and the reporters on assignment in them. But she breaks the journo code of silence and reveals a trade secret of the hacks who cover hellholes: The hell of the holes is that they're kind of fun." --P. J. O'Rourke
""The Taliban Shuffle" gives us an insider's perspective of Afghanistan and Pakistan--their fascinating cultures, unstable governments, and burgeoning terrorist groups. . . . With dark, self-deprecating humor and shrewd insight, Barker chronicles her experiences as a rookie foreign reporter and the critical years when the Tal
Descriere
When Kim Barker first arrived in Kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned a passport, spoke only English and had little idea how to do the "Taliban Shuffle" between Afghanistan and Pakistan. No matter--her stories about Islamic militants and shaky reconstruction were soon overshadowed by the bigger news in Iraq. But as she delved deeper into Pakistan and Afghanistan, her love for the hapless countries grew, along with her fear for their future stability. In this darkly comic and unsparing memoir, Barker uses her wry, incisive voice to expose the absurdities and tragedies of the "forgotten war," finding humor and humanity amid the rubble and heartbreak.
Notă biografică
Kim Barker