Afghanistan, Feb. 15 -- Afghan-French author Atiq Rahimi releases a Paris novel revisiting Kabuliwala, blending exile, cinema, and survival through encounters reshaping despair into hope today.
Rahimi's new French-language novel reimagines the Kabuliwala story through a filmmaker who travels to Kolkata hoping to shoot a film adaptation.
Production collapses after disputes with producers and mounting obstacles, leaving the protagonist emotionally exhausted and struggling with separation from his family in France.
In deep despair beside the Ganges River, the filmmaker considers ending his life before encountering Rahmat, the legendary Kabuliwala character he hoped to portray.
Rahmat becomes a mirror to the narrator, both living in exile, ...