177 – Afghanistan Picture Show

Aus dem Teaser: „The resulting book wasn’t published until 1992, and Library Journal rated it: ‚The wrong book written at the wrong time. . . .‘(„Das entstandene Buch wurde erst 1992 veröffentlicht, und das Library Journal bewertete es folgendermaßen: ‚Das falsche Buch, zur falschen Zeit geschrieben'“).

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Mahringer Literaturverzeichnis: 177
Autor: Vollmnn, Wiliam T.
Titel: Afghanistan Picture Show
Erscheinungsjahr: 1992 (Alter 25 Jahre)
Im Verzeichnis mit 2003 angegeben
Genre: Reportage
Anzahl der Verweise im Gutachten: 0


Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1612191983/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=mahringergu09-21&camp=1634&creative=6738&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1612191983&linkId=44b590fcc3f1f0e2be14dfa216eeefbd

In 1982, the young William Vollmann worked odd jobs, including as a secretary at an insurance company, until he’d saved up enough money to go to Afghanistan, where he wanted to join the mujahedeen to fight the Soviets. The resulting book wasn’t published until 1992, and Library Journal rated it: „The wrong book written at the wrong time. . . . With the situation in Afghanistan rapidly heading toward resolution . . . libraries may safely skip this.“

Thirty years later–and with the United States still mired in the longest war of its history–it’s time for a reassessment of Vollmann’s heartfelt tale of idealism and its terrifying betrayals.

An alloy of documentary and autobiographical elements characteristic of Vollmann’s later nonfiction, An Afghanistan Picture Show is not a work of conventional reportage; instead, it’s an account of a subtle and stubborn consciousness grappling with the limits of will and idealism imposed by violence and chaos.

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