Books by Yasmina Khadra

Re-named Jonas, he grows up in a colourful colonial Algerian town, and forges a unique friendship with a group of boys, an enduring bond that nothing - not even the Algerian Revolt - will shake. He meets Emilie - a beautiful, beguiling girl who captures the hearts of all who see her - and an epic love story is set in motion.

Forced to leave the University of Baghdad when the Americans invade Iraq, a young man returns home to his small desert village, where he witnesses three unspeakable acts of violence committed by American soldiers. Before long, he finds himself part of a terrorist operation which will take him to London.

The Swallows of Kabul is an astounding and elegiac novel of four people struggling to hold on to their humanity in a place where pleasure is a deadly sin and death has become routine.

Lægen Kurt Krausmann fra Frankfurt er ved at gå i hundene efter at have mistet sin elskede på tragisk vis. En ven overtaler ham til at tage med på en sejltur til Comorerne mellem Afrika og Madagaskar for at begynde på en frisk. Da skibet ud for Afrikas Horn bliver angrebet af pirater, forvandler rejsen sig til et mareridt. De to venner bliver ydmyget, berøvet og slået. De møder et fattigdommens og håbløshedens Afrika. Lidt efter lidt får Kurt dog øjnene op for en overraskende, levende og fascinerende verden, hvor kærligheden måske også venter.