" The Bookseller of Kabul" by Asne Seierstad has been selected for HPU's Common Book Program.
" The Bookseller of Kabul" is an intimate look at the realities of daily life in today's Afghanistan and a detailed history of one family's fortunes and misfortunes during two decades of civil war. Some topics raised by this fascinating journalistic account include:
Balance between Westernization and traditional Islam. Afghan traditions, family models, and the role of women. Canges felt by the bookseller and his family under successive regimes: the Soviets, the Mujahedeen, the Taliban,and the coalition-supported democracy.
" The Bookseller of Kabul" is an intimate look at the realities of daily life in today's Afghanistan and a detailed history of one family's fortunes and misfortunes during two decades of civil war. Some topics raised by this fascinating journalistic account include:
Balance between Westernization and traditional Islam. Afghan traditions, family models, and the role of women. Canges felt by the bookseller and his family under successive regimes: the Soviets, the Mujahedeen, the Taliban,and the coalition-supported democracy.
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Library Note:Meader Library has 3 circulating copies, and Atherton has 2 circulating copies।
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