The Bookseller of Kabul

The Bookseller of Kabul

Åsne Seierstad

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In spring 2002, following the fall of the Taliban, Åsne Seierstad spent four months living with a bookseller and his family in Kabul.

For more than twenty years Sultan Khan defied the authorities—be they communist or Taliban—to supply books to the people of Kabul. He was arrested, interrogate...

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Unhinged Shelf Life Unhinged Shelf Life Follow · Finished Oct 10, 2026

I really enjoyed the cultural insight of this. While it started off as the center focus of the Bookseller in Kabul, it quickly branched off in many directions of his life around him and began to confuse me. I enjoyed it overall.

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