The Bookseller of Kabul
 

The Bookseller of Kabul

by Asne Seierstad

For more than twenty years, Sultan Khan has defied the authorities, whether communist or Taliban, to supply books to the people of Kabul. He has been arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned, and has watched illiterate Taliban soldiers burn piles of his books in the street. Yet he has persisted in his passion for books, shedding light in one of the world's darkest places. This is the intimate... (read more)

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Eric
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This is a very insightful book into life in Kabul and I believe much of the Middle East. I found the detailed look into the life of a family there both facinating and disturbing. Disturbing only because of the difference in culture (culture shock?) and the lack of modern "amenities" that comes with a country torn by wars for the last thirty years.

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Pretty slim read--not particularly great

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  • Jane J

    jane j said:

    Is this along the same thread as "A Thousand Splendid Suns" (which I loved), or somewhat different?

    posted Thursday, January 17 2008 ( | view 2 replies )
  • marjorie l

    marjorie l said:

    An excellent companion book to "the Kite Runner" which I did not like particularly -- its fictionalized story was facile and trite, in its way. This is real. And about women. And about the men who own them. A true story of Afghanistan.

    posted Saturday, October 27 2007
  • marjorie l

    marjorie l said:

    An excellent companion book to "the Kite Runner" which I did not like particularly -- its fictionalized story was facile and trite, in its way. This is real. And about women. And about the men who own them. A true story of Afghanistan.

    posted Saturday, October 27 2007
  • marjorie l

    marjorie l said:

    An excellent companion book to "the Kite Runner" which I did not like particularly -- its fictionalized story was facile and trite, in its way. This is real. And about women. And about the men who own them. A true story of Afghanistan.

    posted Saturday, October 27 2007
  • marjorie l

    marjorie l said:

    An excellent companion book to "the Kite Runner" which I did not like particularly -- its fictionalized story was facile and trite, in its way. This is real. And about women. And about the men who own them. A true story of Afghanistan.

    posted Saturday, October 27 2007
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