The story is inspired by Pascal Bourgaux experience of filming her documentary about a warlord in Afghanistan, but turns the camera around on Pascale Bourgaux herself ; her experiences, her feelings, and the difficulties she faced..
" Ten years later, the village is about to change sides and join the Taliban forces. A large proportion of their former fighters, including Mamour Hasan's eldest son, have grown impatient with the continued Western presence in their country and have chosen to support the Taliban instead. Just how, in this bastion of anti-Taliban resistance, has such a dramatic change come about? "
Cover of the "normal" edition.
Illustration printed on texture paper in the frontispice of the Special Limited Edition.
Some sample pages of the art in the book.
Ink on paper + digital colors in Photshop CS6