Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad | Back Bay Books; Reprint edition

Bookseller of Kabul

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Best Sellers Rank: 77375 in Books
Binding : Paperback ISBN-10 : 0316159417 Language : English
Publisher : Back Bay Books; Reprint edition Publication Date : October 26, 2004 Pages : 288

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

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