The bookseller of Kabul / Åsne Seierstad ; translated by Ingrid Christophersen.
Capturing the harsh realities of life in modern-day Afghanistan and the plight of Afghan women, the Norwegian journalist provides a portrait of a committed Muslim man, a bookseller, and his family living in post-Taliban Kabul, Afghanistan. Reading Group Guide included.
Record details
- ISBN: 0316734500
- ISBN: 9780316734509
- ISBN: 0316159417
- ISBN: 9780316159418
- Physical Description: xv, 287 pages ; 19 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown, 2003.
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Proposal 3 -- Burning Books 9 -- Crime and Punishment 23 -- Suicide and Song 37 -- Business Trip 41 -- Do You Want to Make Me Sad? 67 -- No Admission to Heaven 80 -- Billowing, Fluttering, Winding 84 -- A Third-Rate Wedding 94 -- Matriarch 106 -- Temptations 122 -- Call from Ali 131 -- Smell of Dust 163 -- An Attempt 181 -- Can God Die? 194 -- Dreary Room 204 -- Carpenter 214 -- My Mother Osama 245 -- A Broken Heart 267.
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.4 13 83256.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Khan family.
Seierstad, Åsne, 1970- > Travel > Afghanistan > Kabul.
Seierstad, Åsne, 1970- > Travel > Afghanistan > Kābol.
Booksellers and bookselling > Afghanistan > Kabul.
Booksellers and bookselling > Afghanistan > Kābol.
Kabul (Afghanistan) > Biography.
Kabul (Afghanistan) > Social life and customs. - Genre:
- Biographies.
Available copies
- 29 of 29 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 29 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 958.1 SEI (Text) | 37810434739735 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | 920 Sei (Text) | 101091000485484 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | B Seierstad (Text) | 34269000974577 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | 958.1 S (Text) | 34208201692950 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | 958.1 SEI (Text) | 0020505658755 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Clemmons Branch | 958.1 S (Text) | 0112518657500 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | 958.1 SEI (Text) | 22281500053820 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Etowah Branch | 958.1 S (Text) | 33258005164731 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | 958.1 S (Text) | 0112513362619 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | 958.1 S (Text) | 0112517627009 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
