by Yasmina Khadra
Review:
Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra, is a novel that has been translated from the French by John Cullen. The book's dustcover notes that Yasmina Khadra is the pen name of Mohammed Moulessehoul, an Algerian army officer who used the feminine pseudonym in order to avoid censorship. This story takes readers into the lives of two couples in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. It is a compassionate novel written about the mentality of Islamic fundamentalists and the complexities of the Muslim world. Although this is a work of fiction , it reads like a memoir and is a complete page turner. I read the book in roughly two sittings. If you enjoyed and read The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad, then you have to read this as well.
