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9781439109106

Curfewed Night : One Kashmiri Journalist's Frontline Account of Life, Love, and War in His Homeland

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  • ISBN13:

    9781439109106

  • ISBN10:

    1439109109

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-02-02
  • Publisher: Scribner
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $25.00

Summary

Curfewed Nightis a brave and unforgettable piece of literary reporting that reveals the personal stories behind one of the most brutal conflicts in modern times. Since 1989, when the separatist movement exploded, more than seventy thousand people have been killed in the battle between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. Born and raised in the war-torn region, Basharat Peer brings this little-known part of the world to life in haunting, vivid detail.Peer tells stories from his youth and gives gut-wrenching accounts of the many Kashmiris he met years later as a reporter. He chronicles a young man's initiation into a Pakistani training camp, a mother forced to watch her son hold an exploding bomb by Indian troops, a poet finding religion when his entire family is killed. He writes about politicians living in refurbished torture chambers, idyllic villages rigged with land mines, and ancient Sufi shrines decimated in bomb blasts.Curfewed Nightis a tale of a man's love for his land, the pain of leaving home, and the joy of return -- as well as a fierce and moving piece of reportage from an intrepid young journalist.

Table of Contents

Memory
Fragile Fairylandp. 3
Freedom Songsp. 22
Very Long Milesp. 38
Bunkeristanp. 46
Skalimar Expressp. 55
A Close Calp. l65
Situationp. 74
The Trialp. 84
Journeys
I See You Againp. 95
City of No Joyp. 107
Papa-2p. 132
Heroesp. 144
Price of Lifep. 152
In the Courtyards of Faitkp. 165
The Missing Skivap. 184
The Black Blanketp. 193
Epiloguep. 217
Acknowledgmentsp. 223
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