The Bookseller of Kabul

Informationen zum Autor Åsne Seierstad was born in 1970 and studied Russian, Spanish and the History of Philosophy at Oslo University. An internationally bestselling author, she has also received numerous awards for her journalism. She has worked as a war correspondent across the world, including Russia, China, Iraq and Afghanistan. Her second book, The Bookseller of Kabul , has sold over two million copies and the paperback was in the Sunday Times top ten for over a year. Her other critically acclaimed works include A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal and The Angel of Grozny. Following the atrocities in Oslo and Utoya in July 2011, she attended the trial of Anders Breivik and then began work on One of Us , which became a European bestseller. All of Åsne Seierstad's books are published by Virago. Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung * The international bestseller: 'An intimate portrait of Afghani people quite unlike any other ... a compelling read' Christina Lamb, SUNDAY TIMES...

Product details

• Authors: Asne Seierstad, Åsne Seierstad, x Asne Seierstad
• Assisted by: Ingrid Christophersen (Translation)
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.03.2004
• EAN: 9781844080472
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-047-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Virago Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Afghanistan, Orte und Menschen: Sachbuch, Bildbände, 21. Jahrhundert (2000 bis 2100 n. Chr.), Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein, Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (1950 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Englische Bücher / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Zeitgeschichte, Afghanistan / Landeskunde, Kultur, Gesellschaft