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Days of fear : a firsthand account of captivity under the new Taliban / Daniele Mastrogiacomo ; translated from the Italian by Michael Reynolds.
- Title
- Days of fear : a firsthand account of captivity under the new Taliban / Daniele Mastrogiacomo ; translated from the Italian by Michael Reynolds.
- Author
- Mastrogiacomo, Daniele, 1954-
- Publication
- New York : Europa Editions, 2010.
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| Text | Request in advance | DS371.43.M37 A3 2010 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Reynolds, Michael, 1968-
- Description
- 179 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- On March 5, 2007, Italian reports Mastrogiacomo, his driver, and his interpreter were abducted by the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. The driver was decapitated when a ransom request was refused. We learn of his experiences, in an encounter with ways of thinking and living that are in direct opposition of his own.
- Uniform Title
- Giorni della paura. English
- Alternative Title
- Giorni della paura.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Autobiography
- Personal Narrative
- Personal narratives
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Personal narratives – Italian
- Autobiographies.
- Récits personnels.
- Note
- Translation of: I giorni della paura.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Two years earlier -- 2007: return to Afghanistan -- The journey -- Desert flight -- Flogging in the name of Allah -- Meeting the big boss -- The mystery of the video -- Execution by the river -- We will see each other in paradise -- The mediator -- A light in the darkness -- Two years later.
- ISBN
- 9781933372976 (pbk.)
- 1933372974 (pbk.) :
- OCLC
- 426801978
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library