The Bookseller Of Kabul: The International Bestseller

by x Asne Seierstad (Autor)

Paperback, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

921 SEI

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Description

Capturing the harsh realities of life in modern-day Afghanistan and the plight of Afghan women, the Norwegian journalist provides a portrait of a committed Muslim man, a bookseller, and his family living in post-Taliban Kabul, Afghanistan. Reading Group Guide included.

Media reviews

Kirkus Reviews

Norwegian journalist Seierstad casts light on the difficult, sometimes dreary, often (still) dangerous life of a bookseller in the Afghan capital, not neglecting the equal but very different tribulations of the women in his family. ... A slice of Afghanistan today, rendered with a talent for fine,

sobering prose and strange, unnerving settings that recall Ryszard Kapuscinski.

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