The Bookseller of Kabul

Resumen del libro

Two weeks after September 11th, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad went to Afghanistan to report on the conflict. In the following spring she returned to live with a bookseller and his family for several months. The Bookseller of Kabul is the fascinating account of her time spent living with the family of thirteen in their four-roomed home.

Bookseller Sultan Khan defied the authorities for twenty years 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. He even resorted to hiding most of his stock in attics all over Kabul.

But while Khan is passionate in his love of books and hatred of censorship, he is also a committed Muslim with strict views on family life. As an outsider, Seierstad is able to move between the private world of the women - including Khan's two wives - and the more public lives of the men. The result is an intimate and fascinating portrait of a family which also offers a unique perspective on a troubled country.

Biografía del autor

Nacida en 1970, la noruega sne Seierstad es una de las corresponsales de prensa más prestigiosas del mundo. Tras estudiar ruso, español y filosofía en su país natal, empezó a trabajar como corresponsal para distintos periódicos en zonas en conflicto. Fruto de su estancia en Afganistán, publicó el libro El librero de Kabul, un éxito mundial con más de dos millones de ejemplares vendidos.