Afghanistan : The Land that Was

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Once upon a time, before the Soviet invasion and two decades of civil war, Afghanistan stood as a beautiful, if austere, country. Enchanted by the dramatic landscape, two photographers from the West devoted 14 years, from 1964 to 1978, to documenting its rugged charms. From ruined cities covered with desert sands to the Pamir mountains, where caravans of camels walk across frozen rivers in winter, to the Turkestan bazaars along the old Silk Road, Roland and Sabrina Michaud traveled and came to love this ravaged paradise and its proud peoples: Pashtuns, Tadjiks, Hazara farmers, Uzbek horsemen, Kirgiz shepherds, Nuristani mountain dwellers, and Derbiche vagrants. With the Michauds' evocative photography and text by prizewinning poet and essayist André Velter, this striking testimony to the Afghanistan that once was will help readers understand and respect a country now so central to current events.


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Photographers Roland and Sabrina Michaud provide 150 color images that document the terrain of Afghanistan, from ancient ruined cities and deserts, to the Pamir mountains and the Turkestan bazaars along the old Silk Road, as well as some of the diverse peoples who have inhabited this region for centuries. With text by poet and essayist Andre Velter, this volume, which coincides with the first anniversary of U.S. troop involvement in Afghanistan, provides a way to understand the country that is now an important focus internationally. Oversize: 10x11.75". Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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