THE SLEEPING BUDDHA

Book ID/图书代码： 03275005B07435

English Summary/英文概要： Hamida Ghafour was two years old when the Russians invaded Afghanistan in 1979. She belonged to an aristocratic family. Her grandfather had been the defence minister and the head of the intelligence services in the days of the monarchy. A great-uncle had chaired the commission which in 1964 drew up a constitution "blending Islamic law with Western-style democracy". Her grandmother, also called Hamida, was a distinguished poet. The family were all patriotic, liberal and Westernised. Her parents emigrated in 1981, and four years later settled in Canada. Ghafour grew up in Toronto. She became a journalist, working for this newspaper.
After September 11, 2001, she was sent to speak to young Muslims in English cities. She returned to Afghanistan as a reporter, to "witness first-hand this’war on terror’ and cover the post-Taliban reconstruction period". This book tells of what she found; also of her search for her family’s roots.
It is outstandingly good in its analysis of the mistakes made by the West, in its picture of a disintegrated society and in its evocation of the Afghanistan that has been destroyed. It is a work of both the heart and the head, and anyone who is interested in the divisions of the world today should read it.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1979年当俄罗斯侵略阿富汗时，作者Hamida Ghafour只有二岁。当时她的家族在阿富汗是属于贵族阶级。君主制早期，她的祖父是国防大臣，以及情报局的首脑人物。叔父在委员会工作，1964年还起草了“集西方民主制与回教法律融为一体”的相关宪法。她的祖母，也叫做“Hamida”，是著名的诗人。Ghafour的整个家族都是具有强烈爱国之心、但同时又主张自由，思想西方化的一个家族。1981年，她的父母办理了移民，四年后在加拿大定居。Ghafour从小在多伦多长大，并在一家新闻报社担任记者。
2001年，发生911事件之后，她在分布在英国众多城市的穆斯林担任演讲者。没过多久，为了挖掘911事件后阿富汗恐怖主义的第一手资料，和报道塔利班后期的重建工作，她就以播报员的身份回到了阿富汗。这本书讲述了她在阿富汗的所见所闻；还有她寻找家族历史事迹的种种。
本书的特别之处在于真实叙述了阿富汗被瓦解的过程，成为一个崩裂的社会，从而对西方国家的错误决断进行了分析与批判。
这个故事引人深思，触动人心，任何对当今世界分裂状况感兴趣的读者都应该阅读此书。作者沿着寻找自己家族历史的轨迹，真实揭露了当今阿富汗的种种现状，百姓重建家园的故事，这是个感伤但又充满爱的故事。

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About the Author/作者介绍： Hamida Ghafour’s family left Afghanistan for Toronto in 1981, following the Soviet invasion. After working for Canada’s national broadsheets she moved to london in September 2001 and was posted to Kabul by Telegraph where she also covered events for the Globe and Mail and the Los Angeles Times. She now lives in London and Covers Islamic affairs for Various international publications.
Hamida Ghafour祖藉阿富汗，生长于加拿大，是名记者，报社派她赴阿富汗采访，首次踏上祖国的土地，采访见闻加上丰富的家族历史资料，成就了此书，本书最珍贵处在于它不只是个人感触的纪录，在国际政治领域里更具有一定的份量。

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