The Bookseller Of Kabul: The International Bestseller - 'An intimate portrait of Afghani people quite unlike any other' SUNDAY TIMES

Name: The Bookseller Of Kabul: The International Bestseller - 'An intimate portrait of Afghani people quite unlike any other' SUNDAY TIMES
Rating: 4.153846263885498 (13 reviews)

Åsne Seierstad

Sep 2008 · Hachette UK

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

'An intimate portrait of Afghani people quite unlike any other . . . compelling' CHRISTINA LAMB, SUNDAY TIMES

For more than twenty years Sultan Khan, a bookseller in Kabul, defied the authorities - be they communist or Taliban - to supply books to the people of Kabul. He was arrested, interrogated and imprisoned by the communists and watched illiterate Taliban soldiers burn piles of his books in the street. A committed Muslim, Khan is passionate in his love of books and hatred of censorship.

Two weeks after September 11th, award-winning journalist Åsne Seierstad went to Afghanistan to report on the conflict there and the year after she lived with an Afghan family for several months. We learn of proposals and marriages, suppression and abuse of power, crime and punishment. The result is a gripping and moving portrait of a family, and a clear-eyed assessment of a country struggling to free itself from history.

'Fascinating . . . A portrait of people struggling to survive in the most brutal circumstances' DAILY MAIL

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'An intimate portrait of Afghani people quite unlike any other . . . compelling' CHRISTINA LAMB, SUNDAY TIMES For more than twenty years Sultan Khan, a bookseller in Kabul, defied the authorities - be they communist or Taliban - to supply books to the people of Kabul....

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13 reviews

Binjal Shah

April 25, 2021

The book is simply a white woman's perspective of a culture that she has simply seen as an outsider. I believe if such a book is written by an Eastern author about the western culture, the tone of writing would be considered disrespectful. Sorry to have wasted my money on this one.

Harsimran Kaur

June 3, 2017

Almost 70 percent finished. Interesting to read about day to day struggles of an Afghan family. Occasionally it does get boring..but picks up soon after. Recommended.

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John Bradley

March 17, 2019

Greetings from Ireland. *** What a "COURAGEOUS ~ Journalist"! *** Triumph of Self - Belief : Against "Power ~ Mad, Scare Mungers. ** Looking Forward ~ in "ANTICIPATION" & "Bathed - Breath". To reading ~ this LANDMARK : "Belief" OVER "Power" ~ Book! *** John Bradley

About the author

Åsne Seierstad (born 1970) has reported from Russia, China, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, amongst many other countries. She has received numerous awards for her journalism.

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