by Asne Seierstad · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429753486
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«El llibreter de Kabul» is the journalistic chronicle by Åsne Seierstad, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (255 pages, in Catalan).
In November 2001, after the fall of the Taliban regime, correspondent Åsne Seierstad arrives in Kabul and meets bookseller Sultan Khan, who has seen his business burn under communists, mujahideen and Taliban. Living with his family, the author witnesses forbidden loves, arranged marriages and the silent resistance of women.
This chronicle was originally published in Norwegian as «Bokhandleren i Kabul» (2002); Carles Sans Climent translated it into Catalan and the work won the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize.
Aimed at non-fiction readers interested in Afghanistan, war journalism and women's experiences.
Åsne Seierstad is a Norwegian freelance journalist and writer, best known for her accounts of everyday life in war zones – most notably Kabul after 2001, Baghdad in 2002 and the ruined Grozny in 2006.
