The Bookseller of Kabul

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'An intimate portrait of Afghani people quite unlike any other ... compelling' CHRISTINA LAMB, SUNDAY TIMESFor 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

ISBN:	9781844080472
Publisher:	Little, Brown
Imprint:	Virago
Published date:	04 Mar 2004
DEWEY:	958.10460922
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	276
Weight:	228g
Height:	198mm
Width:	126mm
Spine width:	19mm

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