The Bookseller Of Kabul - Åsne Seierstad

The Bookseller Of Kabul

The International Bestseller - 'An intimate portrait of Afghani people quite unlike any other' SUNDAY TIMES

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Buch | Softcover
288 Seiten
2004
Virago Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84408-047-2 (ISBN)
14,95 inkl. MwSt
* The international bestseller: 'An intimate portrait of Afghani people quite unlike any other ... a compelling read' Christina Lamb, SUNDAY TIMES
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

'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

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 4.3.2004
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 226 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik
Reisen
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Zeitgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
Schlagworte Afghanistan; Berichte/Erinnerungen • Buchhandel / Buchhändler; Berichte/Erinnerungen • Englisch; Biografien/Erinnerungen
ISBN-10 1-84408-047-1 / 1844080471
ISBN-13 978-1-84408-047-2 / 9781844080472
Zustand Neuware
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