{"product_id":"books-shadow-city-by-taran-khan","title":"Shadow City","description":"'A fabulous piece of writing . . . I recommend it unreservedly' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE  'A brilliant book' CHRISTINA LAMB, author of Farewell Kabul  One of the first things I was told when I arrived in Kabul was never to walk...  When journalist Taran Khan arrives in Kabul, she uncovers a place that defies her expectations. Her wanderings with other Kabulis reveal a fragile city in a state of flux: stricken by near-constant war, but flickering with the promise of peace; governed by age-old codes but experimenting with new modes of living.  Her walks take her to the unvisited tombs of the dead, and to the land of the living - like the booksellers, archaeologists, film-makers and entrepreneurs who are remaking this 3,000-year-old city. And as NATO troops begin to withdraw from the country, Khan watches the cycle of transformation begin again.  **Winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award 2021** **Winner of the Tata Literature Live First Book Award for Non-Fiction 2020**  'Powerfully evocative' Kapka Kassabova  'A wonderful journey' Atiq Rahimi  'Khan illuminates Kabul's life-affirming humanity' TLS","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673251012881,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781784708023.jpg?v=1781524368","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-shadow-city-by-taran-khan","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}