First published in 1963, James A. Michener’s gripping chronicle of the social and political landscape of Afghanistan is more relevant now than ever. Combining fact with riveting adventure and intrigue, Michener follows a military man tasked, in the years after World War II, with a dangerous assignment: finding and returning a young American woman living in Afghanistan to her distraught family … after she suddenly and mysteriously disappears. A timeless tale of love and emotional drama set against the backdrop of one of the most important countries in the world today, Caravans captures the tension of the postwar period, the sweep of Afghanistan’s remarkable history, and the inescapable allure of the past.
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener’s Hawaii.
Praise for Caravans
“Brilliant . . . an extraordinary novel . . . The old nomadic trails across the mountains spring into existence.”—The New York Times
“Romantic and adventurous . . . [Michener] has a wonderful empathy for the wild and free and an understanding of the reasons behind the kind of cruelty that goes with it.”—Newsday
“Michener has done for Afghanistan what . . . his first [book] did for the South Pacific.”—The New York Herald Tribune
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I know I had read this book before but after I started reading it again i couldn’t put it down. He was a fantastic author the way everything just flowed together. Many new people who want to be authors need to read this authors books his uncanney ability to predict future developments in that part of the world .
Interesting account of Afghanistan from western perspective.
This is my all time favorite Michener classic. Even better than Hawaii. The characters are normal people with oh, so interesting lives. I would recommend this to anyone who likes exotic locations and people of different cultures. Read it now.