Description

by
Åsne Seierstad (Author)

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 intimateof an Afghan household ever produced by a Western is a sharp and often lyrical observer.”
—New York Times Book Review

Author Biography

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.

Number of Pages: 320Dimensions: 0.85 x 8.22 x 5.52 INPublication Date: October 26, 2004Accelerated Reader:Quiz Name: Bookseller of KabulInterest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12Reading Level: 6.4Point Value: 13