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| An Afghanistan Picture Show: Or, How I Saved the World | 
 enlarge | Author: William T. Vollmann
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T)
Category: Book
List Price: $22.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1214532
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 268
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 0374101051
Dewey Decimal Number: 958.1045
EAN: 9780374101053
ASIN: 0374101051
Publication Date: July 1992
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Product Description
Recounting his journey through war-torn Afghanistan, the author of You Bright and Risen Angels describes the orphans, refugees, guerilla leaders, bureaucrats, corrupt officials, and has-been politicians in the region.
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 Astounding January 11, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I don't have much to say really, just that this book is rings with bold, naked, and humiliating truth and should be read by every American, especially those who step or even think of stepping off of their own shores. It's ridiculous that it's out of print. For anyone who has ever felt a desire to help another and is even dimly aware of the complex moral swamp "altruism" can be.
 a book more worthy than worthwhile November 24, 1999
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
vollmann's afghanistan book is surely his weakest, but it is a useful window on the author's life and some themes that run through his fiction. it is at times tedious and over-thought (the style is two parts personal history, one part philosophizing). but after all, the book is largely about the inability of a thoughtful young man to apply his high-minded idealism in a practical way, so a little wittgenstein here and there can be appropriate. overall, vollmann's story is sadly poignant, but you have to be able to sympathize with his earnestness and altruism from the get-go. otherwise, you'll probably just get aggravated or bored.
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