Opium nation
Subtitle: child brides, drug lords, and one woman's journey through Afghanistan
By: Fariba Nawa
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780061934704
Subjects: Drug traffic; Opium trade; HISTORY / Middle East / General; Social conditions; Social life and customs; Women
Description: In Opium Nation, Nawa deftly illuminates the changes that have overtaken Afghanistan after decades of unbroken war. Sharing remarkable stories of poppy farmers, corrupt officials, expats, drug lords, and addicts, including her haunting encounter with a twelve-year-old child bride who was bartered to pay off her father's opium debts, Nawa offers a revealing and provocative narrative of a homecoming more difficult than she ever imagined as she courageously explores her own Afghan American identity and unveils a startling portrait of a land in turmoil."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-343) and index.