Bookseller of Kabul, The

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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 journalist…Seierstad is a sharp and often lyrical observer.” 
—New York Times Book Review