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OverviewFor four and a half years, Pamela Constable, a veteran foreign correspondent and award-winning author, has traveled through South Asia on assignment for the Washington Post. Following religious conflicts, political crises, and natural disasters, she also searched for signs of humanity and dignity in societies rife with violence, poverty, prejudice, and greed. In Afghanistan, she made numerous visits while the country suffered under the hostile rule of the Taliban, attempted to reach the capital in a convoy that was ambushed and saw four journalists killed. She finally moved to Kabul in late 2001 to chronicle the country’s post-Taliban rebirth. In Pakistan, she covered a military coup in 1999, immersed herself in the mys-terious world of Muslim mosques and academies, and discovered both the extremist and tolerant faces of Islam. In India, she attended one of the largest spiritual gatherings of Hindu pilgrims in history and then rushed to the horrific aftermath of a devastating earthquake. She repeatedly visited the Kashmir Valley, where Pakistani-backed Muslim guerrillas are waging a seemingly endless war with Indian security forces. In Nepal, she covered the crown prince’s massacre of the royal family and journeyed to remote villages where communist rebels brought rigid moral order to life. In Sri Lanka, she explored a tropical paradise where reclusive insurgents trained children to become suicide bombers in pursuit of a utopian ethnic homeland. Between extended sojourns in South Asia, Constable returned to the West to reflect on the risks and rewards of her profession, revisit her roots, and compare her experiences with Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity. Her book is a uniquely personal exploration of the rich but solitary life of a foreign correspondent, set against a regional backdrop of extraordinary political and religious tumult. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pamela ConstablePublisher: Potomac Books Inc Imprint: Potomac Books Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.426kg ISBN: 9781574886191ISBN 10: 1574886193 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 01 June 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsPrologueIntroduction Chapter One – Into the FogChapter Two – The RiverChapter Three – Ashes in the SnowChapter Four – The Hidden HeartChapter Five – The Wrath of AllahChapter Six – A Country Without FacesChapter Seven – Tropic of TerrorChapter Eight – The Face in the CoffinChapter Nine – RebirthConclusionEpilogueRecommended ReadingAcknowledgmentsThe AuthorReviewsFRAGMENTS OF GRACE is likely to be come a classic: part personal memoir of a journalist filing from some of the dangerous datelines in the world, part political history of South Asia on the cusp of the 21st century, and part travelogue. The book is written with a wonderfully evocative sense of place and a novelist's intuition. --Peter Bergen, author of HOLY WAR, INC. Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |