Seierstad, Asne
The Bookseller of Kabul
- ISBN 13:
- 9781844080472
- author:
- Seierstad, Asne
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Virago
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2004
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 129mm X 198mm
- Genre:
- Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad is a gripping portrait of a family and a country struggling to free itself from history. In this powerful account, journalist Åsne Seierstad recounts her experiences living with an Afghan family, including Sultan Khan, who defied the authorities for over twenty years to supply books to the people of Kabul. Seierstad's unique perspective allows her to move between the private world of the women and the more public lives of the men, revealing a complex web of relationships, proposals, marriages, suppression, abuse of power, crime, and punishment. Through her story, Seierstad sheds light on the struggles of Afghanistan under communist rule and the Taliban regime. This book is a clear-eyed assessment of a country's journey towards freedom, told with sensitivity and nuance by an outsider who gained the trust of her subjects.
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