by Olivier Weber · Oberon · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466713290
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«El halcón afgano: Viaje al país de los talibanes» is Olivier Weber's travelogue, published by Oberon in paperback (288 pages, in Spanish).
Olivier Weber travels through Afghanistan under the Taliban regime and portrays a country marked by war and oppression. With a chronicler's eye, he describes desert landscapes, the daily life of its inhabitants and the encounters that arise along the way, while reflecting on human dignity and hope in the midst of adversity.
The Spanish edition, published in November 2001, is a translation of the original French «Le Faucon afghan : Un voyage au pays de Talibans».
For readers of travel literature and contemporary history interested in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime.
Olivier Weber is a French writer, novelist and reporter at large, known primarily for his coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has been a war correspondent for twenty-five years, especially in Central Asia, Africa, Middle-East and Iraq. He is an assistant professor at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, president of the Prize Joseph Kessel and today ambassador of France at large. Weber has won several national and international awards of literature and journalism, in particular for his stories on Afghanistan and for his books on wars. His novels, travels writing books and essays have been translated in a dozen of languages.
