Very few books pull you into to another place so quickly and powerfully as "The Photographer."This is a graphic novel account of a real person...a French photographer who travels to Afghanistan during the uprising against the Russian invasion with a Doctors without Borders convoy. It is a perfect (if unusual) blend of photographs as part of the graphic novel that tells their story.
It brought me to tears in a way that no dry newspaper account could quite do, and you are left inspired by the bravery (and reckless selflessness) of relief workers. I highly highly recommend it.
With the US occupation of Afghanistan currently underway I couldn't help but think about the long-suffering plight of Afghanis and how very little respite they have had from "superpower" invaders.
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