The Bookseller of Kabul

Author / Author: City of victory, Donkey

Published: 2003

Editorial:editions 62

Cams: 346

ISBN: 9788429755114 Category:

Description

When in November of 2001 Åsne Seierstad arrives in Kabul, the first person he meets is the bookseller Sultan Khan. He is a skilled salesman and good conversationalist: "First the communists burned my books, then the mujahideen razed my shop, finally the Taliban burned them again for me". one day, the bookseller invites her to dinner at his house, and introduces him to his family. The men laugh, they tell anecdotes and joke, but women speak little. During his living with this family, ASNE Seierstad is prohibited direct witness of love, marriage of convenience, crimes and silent rebellion of women still feel condemned to "eat dust" .Åsne Seierstad, with only thirty-two years, is one of the youngest and war correspondents regarded d`Europa: for their reports Kossovo, Chechnya l`Afganistan, has received many national and international recognition, including the award for best television journalist in Norwegian 1999, Best writer 2000 awarded by the prestigious Elle magazine and Free Speech Award for best war reporter. The Bookseller of Kabul (editions 62) has been translated into a dozen languages ​​and has been chosen book l`any, awarded the prize of the Norwegian booksellers.

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