Il libraio di Kabul

After finishing the book, I was quite surprised at the number of negative reviews here in Goodreads. Maybe a huge culture shock is at play here. Many in the West may be put off by the realization that the values that they take for granted may be totally unheard of in certain parts of the world. Ther Leggi tutto

I was irritated early on by the way this book was written. I think it encompasses all my other grips about the book. Basically the situation is like this: a woman journalist is in Kabul after 9/11. She meets this bookseller, lives with his family a few months with only 3 people in the family speaking Leggi tutto

Åsne Seierstad - image from NRK.NO A very interesting, journalistic depiction of life in Afghanistan as told from inside the tent of a relatively well-to-do family, with particular attention to the experiences of females. It is compelling reading, and should be mandatory for anyone who wants to know Leggi tutto

Sua Majestade O Islamismo A queda dos Taliban no Afeganistão surtiu alguma abertura no que toca à condição da mulher. As raparigas regressaram às escolas, e à mulher foi legalmente concedido, o direito ao trabalho. Contudo, a lei familiar prevalece. A família é um micro-mundo com leis próprias, e se um Leggi tutto

Incredible! Norwegian journalist, Asne Seierstad, lived in Afghanistan with Sultan Khan and his family for three months to write this book. Seierstad met Khan while purchasing seven books at his bookshop in Kabul. Khan described how three different regimes that ruled Kabul (Communists, Mujahedeen, a Leggi tutto

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