The Bookseller of Kabul
Autor Asne Seierstad Traducere de Ingrid Christophersenen Limba Engleză Paperback – mar 2004
'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
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781844080472
ISBN-10: 1844080471
Pagini: 276
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little Brown Book Group
Colecția Virago Press
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1844080471
Pagini: 276
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little Brown Book Group
Colecția Virago Press
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
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.
Descriere
* The international bestseller: 'An intimate portrait of Afghani people quite unlike any other ... a compelling read' Christina Lamb, SUNDAY TIMES
Recenzii
"The
most
intimate
description
of
an
Afghan
household
ever
produced
by
a
Western
journalist.
.
.
.
Seierstad
is
a
sharp
and
often
lyrical
observer."—Richard
McGill
Murphy,New
York
Times
Book
Review
"An admirable, revealing portrait of daily life in a country that Washington claims to have liberated but does not begin to understand. Seierstad writes of individuals, but her message is larger."—Mark Hertsgaard,Washington Post Book World
"A compelling portrait of a country at a crossroads - desperate for tranquillity, factionalized beyond imagination, struggling both to uphold tradition and to modernize, hoping to prove to itself and the rest of the world that it knows peace and stability."—Scott W. Helman,Boston Globe
"An unusually intimate glimpse of a traditional Afghan family. . . . Seierstad imbues a grim story with language of desolate beauty."—S. L. Allen,Entertainment Weekly
"A compelling book. . . . Seierstad infiltrated a world most readers will never see."—Steve Weinberg,Denver Post
"An admirable, revealing portrait of daily life in a country that Washington claims to have liberated but does not begin to understand. Seierstad writes of individuals, but her message is larger."—Mark Hertsgaard,Washington Post Book World
"A compelling portrait of a country at a crossroads - desperate for tranquillity, factionalized beyond imagination, struggling both to uphold tradition and to modernize, hoping to prove to itself and the rest of the world that it knows peace and stability."—Scott W. Helman,Boston Globe
"An unusually intimate glimpse of a traditional Afghan family. . . . Seierstad imbues a grim story with language of desolate beauty."—S. L. Allen,Entertainment Weekly
"A compelling book. . . . Seierstad infiltrated a world most readers will never see."—Steve Weinberg,Denver Post