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A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan
by Nelofer Pazira
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0743281330
- ISBN 13
- 9780743281331
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: Free Press/Simon and Schuster, 2005. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. The first page has a crease down it, otherwise in Fine Condition. Bright and clean, unmarked book, french flap to cover, pages as new with deckle edge. This is the author's story of the horrendus life in war-torn Afghanistan, of her family's sacrifices and escape and her eventual life as a writer, teacher, journalist and actress. It is also the story of Afghanistan. 408 pages with Chronology, Notes, Bibliography and Index. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 2005, Free Press/Simon and Schuster, New York, New York, USA
Synopsis
Nelofer Pazira is a journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist living in Toronto. In 2001, she starred in the film Kandahar, which was loosely based on her journey to find a friend living in Afghanistan. Two years later she co-directed and produced the Gemini Award-winning documentary Return to Kandahar. A Bed of Red Flowers , her first book, won the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize awarded by The Writers’ Trust of Canada. In an interview with Time magazine, Pazira explains the impetus for writing the book: “A lot of my memories were unhappy, and I didn’t want to revisit them. But making Kandahar , I was forced to think about those memories. Once we finished the movie, I felt that I had started something, and instead of closing that door, I should go through it.” She elaborates on her choice of genre in Embassy : "I realized that I had a choice of doing either a very academic book that would be a history of Afghanistan, but what new can I say about that? There are hundreds of books written on that subject, analyzing various periods, and I asked what else can I add to this that would be different, that would really add a unique touch? I realized what I could do that was different would be to write about what life was like when we lived there. I realized that nobody knows about that, and that people don't know what it was like to live in Afghanistan in those years before the Taliban." A regular contributor to CBC’s The National , Pazira has set up a charity – Dyana Afghan Women’s Fund – to provide education and skills training for women in the city of Kandahar.
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- Title
- A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan
- Author
- Nelofer Pazira
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0743281330
- ISBN 13
- 9780743281331
- Publisher
- Free Press/Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- PAZIRA, NELOFER AFGHANISTAN SOVIET OCCUPATION HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography. Autobiography;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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