The Bookseller of Kabul

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

Author: Åsne Seierstad
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 10/26/2004
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.52w x 0.85d
ISBN13: 9780316159418
ISBN10: 0316159417
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | General
- Social Science | Islamic Studies
- History | Asia | Central Asia

About the Author
Asne Seierstad has reported from such war-torn regions as Chechnya, China, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. She has received numerous awards for her journalism. She is the author of A Hundred and One Days as well as The Bookseller of Kabul, an international bestseller that has been translated into twenty-six languages. Seierstad makes her home in Norway and travels frequently to the United States.