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The Places in Between

Rory Stewart

What did a man find walking on foot through central Afghanistan in the weeks after the Taliban fell?

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Author
Rory Stewart

Why read it

  • You will see a country through the slow pace of walking, noticing what faster travelers miss
  • You will get a picture of everyday Afghan life, from markets to villages, beyond the war coverage
  • You will understand why policy made from a capital can miss what people far from it actually live with

Who it is for

  • Armchair travelers who like slow journeys on foot
  • Readers wanting Afghanistan beyond war headlines
  • Aid workers and diplomats who plan for places they have not seen

Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Epigraphs
  3. THE NEW CIVIL SERVICE
  4. TANKS INTO STICKS
  5. WHETHER ON THE SHORES OF ASIA
  6. Part One
  7. CHICAGO AND PARIS
  8. HUMA
  9. FARE FORWARD
  10. THESE BOOTS
  11. Part Two
  12. QASIM
  13. Qasim paused.
  14. IMPERSONAL PRONOUN
  15. A TAJIK VILLAGE
  16. THE EMIR OF THE WEST
  17. CARAVANSERAI, WHOSE PORTALS...
  18. TO A BLIND MAN'S EYE
  19. GENEALOGIES
  20. LEST HE RETURNING CHIDE...
  21. CROWN JEWELS
  22. BREAD AND WATER
  23. THE FIGHTING MAN SHALL
  24. A NOTHING MAN
  25. Part Three
  26. HIGHLAND BUILDINGS
  27. THE MISSIONARY DANCE
  28. MIRRORED CAT'S-EYE SHADES
  29. MARRYING A MUSLIM
  30. WAR DOG
  31. COMMANDANT HAJI (MOALEM) MOHSIN KHAN OF KAMENJ
  32. COUSINS
  33. Part Four
  34. THE MINARET OF JAM
  35. TRACES IN THE GROUND
  36. BETWEEN JAM AND CHAGHCHARAN
  37. DAWN PRAYERS
  38. LITTLE LORD
  39. FROGS
  40. THE WINDY PLACE
  41. Part Five
  42. NAME NAVIGATION
  43. THE GREETING OF STRANGERS
  44. LEAVES ON THE CEILING
  45. FLAMES
  46. ZIA OF KATLISH
  47. THE SACRED GUEST
  48. THE CAVE OF ZARIN
  49. DEVOTIONS
  50. THE DEFILES OF THE VALLEY
  51. Part Six
  52. THE INTERMEDIATE STAGES OF DEATH
  53. WINGED FOOTPRINTS
  54. BLAIR AND THE KORAN
  55. SALT GROUND AND SPIKENARD
  56. PALE CIRCLES IN WALLS
  57. @afghangov.org
  58. WHILE THE NOTE LASTS
  59. Part Seven
  60. FOOTPRINTS ON THE CEILING

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