The Bookseller of Kabul

Author(s): Åsne Seierstad

Location(s): Kabul

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Modern

‘A remarkable portrait, with deftly woven accounts of weddings and journeys, books and bookselling, relations and squabbles, firmly anchored by pleasing details about food and customs, all set against the backdrop of a derelict city.

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