Buzkashi is depicted in a few books, both fiction and verifiable. It is displayed in Steve Berry's book The Venetian Betrayal, and it is momentarily referenced in the Khaled Hosseini book The Kite Runner. Buzkashi was the subject of a book called Horsemen of Afghanistan by French photojournalists Roland and Sabrina Michaud. Gino Strada composed a book named after the game (with the spelling Buskashì) where he tells regarding his life as specialist in Kabul in the days after the 9-11 strikes. P.J. O'Rourke additionally makes reference to the game in conversations about Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Foreign Policy segment of Parliament of Whores, and Rory Stewart commits a couple of sentences to it in "The Places in Between".
Two books have been expounded on buzkashi which were subsequently transformed into films. The game is the subject of a novel by French writer Joseph Kessel named Les Cavaliers (also known as Horsemen), which then, at that point, turned into the premise of the film The Horsemen (1971). The movie was coordinated by John Frankenheimer with Omar Sharif ahead of the pack job, and U.S. entertainer and achieved horseman Jack Palance as his dad, an incredible resigned chapandaz. This film shows Afghanistan and its kin the manner in which they were before the conflicts that wracked the country, especially their adoration for the game of buzkashi.
The game is likewise a vital component in the book Caravans by 핀벳88 James Michener and the film of a similar name (1978) featuring Anthony Quinn. A scene from the film highlighting the lord of Afghanistan watching a game incorporated the genuine ruler at that point, Mohammed Zahir Shah. The entire grouping of the game being seen by the lord was recorded on the Kabul Golf Course, where the public titles were played at the time the film was made.
In Ken Follett's book, Lie Down with Lions (1986), the game is referenced being played, however rather than a goat, they utilized a live Russian warrior.