An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan (1999) is a travel book written by British travel writer Jason Elliot. An Unexpected Light won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award in the UK and became a New York Times bestseller in the US.
Awards and honors 2002: ALA Notable Books for Adults 2000: Thomas Cook Travel Book Award 1999: New York Times bestseller
See also Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys in Iran
External links Review by travelliterature.org which stated that it was "Outstanding: should become a classic". Review by Philip Glazebrook of The Times newspaper