The Bookseller of Kabul

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• 'The Bookseller of Kabul' by Asne Seierstad

  Sultan himself is an educated man in a relatively uneducated society. He is also relatively well off in a society that is very poor. He is also a dominant patriarch who does little to help the women in his family better themselves. This angered me. F ... (read full critics)

  readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010

• Culture of shame

  I really thought I had made it when I went to give a talk at my old Oxford college. But when I got there I discovered that there had been an attempt to have me banned. I was accosted by a dusky beauty in the quad who, practically incoherent with indi ... (read full critics)

  spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

4 Reviews

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  My thoughts

  This was an interesting look at the lives of people in Afghanistan during and after the Soviet occupation in the 1980s and the Taliban rule in the 1990s. One scene that has stayed with me is when the women in the burqas have to know what shoes each is wearing so they don't lose each other.

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  krin5292 said on Apr 12, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Repetitive

  It seems to go on about how marriage is for women in afganistan and repeats the same trials but different women go through which was a little boring, there are a couple of good chapters in it ( the carpenter being one). I didn't really connect with the family so that I couldn't get with the book. Th ... (continue)

  It seems to go on about how marriage is for women in afganistan and repeats the same trials but different women go through which was a little boring, there are a couple of good chapters in it ( the carpenter being one). I didn't really connect with the family so that I couldn't get with the book. The kiterunner alot better.

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  Ebony Rose said on Jan 16, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  I should have read this months ago, especially after reading and enjoying The Kite Runner also set in Afghanistan.
  It is a saddening and compelling portrait of life in Afghanistan, telling of one particular families struggles for self esteem. It manages to portray a side of life in Kabul that ... (continue)

  I should have read this months ago, especially after reading and enjoying The Kite Runner also set in Afghanistan.
  It is a saddening and compelling portrait of life in Afghanistan, telling of one particular families struggles for self esteem. It manages to portray a side of life in Kabul that the News/Media generally fails to.

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  Lindyloumac said on Nov 3, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  A Norwegian woman (journalist) goes to live with an Afghan family, so we get an inside look at their lives from a Westerner's point of view.

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  Missmath144 said on Aug 31, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• eBook 288 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0748108521
• ISBN-13: 9780748108527
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Pub date: Sep 04, 2008
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, 和書

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