Ninety-eight black and white photos, steeped in the pathos and predicament of the Afghan people, accompanied by soul-searching commentary and poetry from thirteen distinguished contributors. Basque-born photographer Alen Silva travelled twice across war-torn Afghanistan, to places few foreigners dare to venture, to bring us these soul-searing photographs of a devastated land. Among the ruins of Kabul, of the Bamiyan Buddhas, of Soviet tanks, of Afghan society -- the hope for peace still lights the weary faces of the Afghan people who welcomed him. Texts by Alen Silva, Alan Rachins, Bahman Ghobadi, Bernardo Atxaga, Ezzat Goushegir, Gillian Anderson, John Sistiaga, Malalai Joya, Michael Ratner, Mike Farrell, Suheir Hammad, Susan Kelly-DeWitt, Toti Martinez de Lezea, and Yasmina Khadra.

Afghanistan: A Window on the Tragedy

Arts & Photography

Michael Ratner

Malalai Joya

Alen Silva

Ezzat Goushegir

Alan Rachins

Photography & Video

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For the Adman, a former copywriter for The Ad Agency,  there’s no way out but “in.”  He becomes an  “indoor landscaper” or “horticultural technician,” for a company called “Topiary Techniques.”  He tends the potted flora of The City’s Corporations in order to “get back to the land.”  He keeps the green growing in potted oases strewn about  offices,  cubicles,  lobbies, and executive suites.  The former Adman becomes “Plantman,”  and in the spirit of Don Quixote, begins a dizzying journey into the dystopia of The City’s false history and “executive  statutes” enacted to control the epidemic of Viral Deviants (VDs) and the Missing Young,  who flow into The City from hot June till the first scholarly summons of September.

Topiary

Literature & Fiction

ENGEL, ADAM

Contemporary

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