Bibliograph

The bookseller of Kabul, Åsne Seierstad ; translated by Ingrid Christophersen

Type

Label

The bookseller of Kabul, Åsne Seierstad ; translated by Ingrid Christophersen

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The bookseller of Kabul

Oclc number

52575352

Responsibility statement

Åsne Seierstad ; translated by Ingrid Christophersen

Summary

Capturing the harsh realities of life in modern-day Afghanistan and the plight of Afghan women, the Norwegian journalist provides a portrait of a committed Muslim man, a bookseller, and his family living in post-Taliban Kabul, Afghanistan. Reading Group Guide included

Table Of Contents

The Proposal -- Burning Books -- Crime and Punishment -- Suicide and Song -- The Business Trip -- Do You Want to Make Me Sad? -- No Admission to Heaven -- Billowing, Fluttering, Winding -- A Third-Rate Wedding -- The Matriarch -- Temptations -- The Call from Ali -- The Smell of Dust -- An Attempt -- Can God Die? -- The Dreary Room -- The Carpenter -- My Mother Osama -- A Broken Heart

Classification

Contributor