A thousand sighs, a thousand revolts : journeys in Kurdistan /
"Acclaimed journalist Christiane Bird, who riveted readers with her tour of Iran in Neither East Nor West, now tells the Kurds' story, using personal observations and in-depth research to illuminate the astonishing history and vibrant culture of a people without a state to call their own.&...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Ballantine Books,
2004.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | "Acclaimed journalist Christiane Bird, who riveted readers with her tour of Iran in Neither East Nor West, now tells the Kurds' story, using personal observations and in-depth research to illuminate the astonishing history and vibrant culture of a people without a state to call their own." "From a Kurdish wedding in Iran, to the destroyed Kurdish countryside in southeast Turkey, to the sites of Saddam Hussein's horrific chemical attacks in Iraq, Bird offers welcome insight into a violently stunning world seen by few Westerners-and understood by fewer. Combining mesmerizing travelogue, action-packed history, expert reportage, and incisive cultural study, this critical book offers timely insight into an unknown but increasingly influential part of the world. Book jacket."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 405 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0345468929 0345469399 (pbk.) |