The Breadwinner
分類: 图书,进口原版,Children's Books(儿童图书),People & Places(人物与地点),Explore the World,
品牌: Deborah Ellis
基本信息出版社:Groundwood Books (2001年10月25日)平装:170页正文语种:英语ISBN:0888994168条形码:9780888994165商品尺寸:18.8 x 12.9 x 1.1 cm商品重量:186 g品牌:Groundwood BooksASIN:0888994168商品描述在线阅读本书
The Breadwinner brings to life an issue that has recently exploded in the international media the reality of life under the Taliban. Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Because he has a foreign education, her father is arrested by the Taliban, the religious group that controls the country. Since women cannot appear in public unless covered head to toe, or go to school, or work outside the home, the family becomes increasingly desperate until Parvana conceives a plan. She cuts her hair and disguises herself as a boy to earn money for her family. Parvanas determination to survive is the force that drives this novel set against the backdrop of an intolerable situation brought about by war and religious fanaticism. Deborah Ellis spent several months talking with women and girls in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan and Russia. This suspenseful, timely novel is the result of those encounters. Royalties from the sale of The Breadwinner will go toward educating Afghan girls in Pakistani refugee camps. A potent portrait of life in contemporary Afghanistan, showing that powerful heroines can survive even in the most oppressive ... conditions. Booklist