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The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan Lyse Doucet
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan
Lyse Doucet
In 1969, the luxury Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened its doors: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected Afghanistan’s hopes of becoming a modern country, connected to the world. Lyse Doucet first checked into the Inter-Continental on Christmas Eve 1988. In the decades since, she has witnessed a Soviet evacuation, a devastating civil war, the US invasion, and the rise, fall and rise of the Taliban, all from within its increasingly battered walls. The Inter-Con has never closed its doors. Now, she weaves together the experiences of the Afghans who have kept the hotel running to craft a richly immersive history of their country. It is the story of Hazrat, the septuagenarian housekeeper, of Abida, who became the first female chef after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. And of Malalai and Sadeq, the twenty-somethings who seized every opportunity offered by two decades of fragile democracy – only to see the Taliban come roaring back in 2021. Through these intimate portraits of Afghan life, the story of a hotel becomes the story of a people.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| To be released | September 10, 2026 |
| ISBN13 | 9781804957943 |
| Publishers | Cornerstone |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 129 × 198 × 35 mm · 500 g |
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