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Baba Jan's Chronicles: The Life of a Twentieth Century Afghan

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When you begin reading BABA JAN'S CHRONICLES be prepared to be transported to another way of thinking & speaking about life here on earth. These are the remembrances of a gentleman whose childhood began before the First World War in a land far, far away from our Western ways.

Baba Jan's firsthand accounts of the religion, customs & history of his people & their fabled land, hold much significance for us in the confusion of our post-9/11 world.

In dignified, spare & measured stories, Baba Jan reveals a life well lived, on the edge of a political cauldron, intimately entwined with the rise & fall of the kings of Kabul. From his early years to his service as a diplomat to his marriage to his meetings with the movers & shakers of his time, Baba Jan's quiet observations are spellbinding.

Baba Jan's Chronicles: The Life of a Twentieth Century Afghan is the insightful and memorable biography of Baba Jan, the well-known and much-loved patriarch of an Afghan family, known to most people as General Sahib. His life and its intersection with the complex political climate and terrible wars that Afghan has suffered is remembered in detail in this moving and respectful memorial.