Bookseller of Kabul, The

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By Asne Seierstad

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This phenomenal international bestseller is "an admirable, revealing portrait of daily life in a country that Washington claims to have liberated but does not begin to understand" (Washington Post).

This mesmerizing portrait of a proud man who, through three decades and successive repressive regimes, heroically braved persecution to bring books to the people of Kabul has elicited extraordinary praise throughout the world and become a phenomenal international bestseller. The Bookseller of Kabul is startling in its intimacy and its details — a revelation of the plight of Afghan women and a window into the surprising realities of daily life in Afghanistan. 

"The most intimate description of an Afghan household ever produced by a Western journalist…Seierstad is a sharp and often lyrical observer." New York Times Book Review

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On Sale
Oct 26, 2004
Page Count
320 pages
Publisher
Back Bay Books
ISBN-13
9780316159418

Asne Seierstad

About the Author

Åsne Seierstad is an award-winning journalist who has reported from such war-torn regions as Chechnya, China, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. The author of A Hundred and One Days as well as The Bookseller of Kabul, she lives in Norway.

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