The Widow's Husband

The Widow's Husband

A mysterious beggar wanders into the tiny Afghan village of Char Bagh, a hundred miles north of Kabul. Soon he reveals himself to be much more than a mere beggar: he is a God-crazed beggarâ€”a "malang", a man who channels miracles. The malang transforms the lives of the villagers--of Ibrahim the spiritually tormented young headman, of Soraya, the headman's fragile, haunted wife; of the widow Khadija's, the headman's powerful sister-in-law. But soon enough, the Malang's influence is swamped by greater forces: the year is 1840, and the British have just invaded Afghanistan. The Widowâ€™s Husband is an epic story of British imperialism as seen from the Afghan side. It takes readers from the soot-blackened kitchens of village compounds to the intricate labyrinth of Kabulâ€™s Grand Bazaar, from the walled compounds and elegant dinner parties of the doomed British community to the icy slopes of the Hindu Kush mountains, where the First Afghan-British War came to its horrific climax.

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