I knew nothing of Chechnya before reading this book and, although it's dangerous to take any one account of such a complex situation as gospel, I do feel more informed. And that is one of the triumphs of this book - that it makes clear the lack of clarity, and the complexity, of ancient regional ...
Very interesting book about people nobody seems to care about during and after a war. The author meets many different kind of people on different levels in the Chechen society. The homeless, orphans, government representatives, the Chechen president Kadyrov the younger, ordinary Russians and the ...
The librarian leader of our book discussion group recommended this after we read A Constellation of Vital Phenomenon. This was a distressing, depressing, and enlightening book about the recent wars in Chechnya. There is certainly no wonder that the Chechens hate the Russians--Stalin had them depo...
بائع الكتب في كابول للصحفية و المراسلة النرويجية ( آسني سييرستاد )خلافًا لما يتوقعه القارئ بناءًا على العنوان من إنصات لبيواغرفية بائع الكتب .. فالكتاب عبارة عن حالة توثيق شاملة لبيوغرافية المجتمع الأفغاني و إقتفاء لعاداته وتقاليده و رصد للتغييرات التي تنطوي عليها بلد مهمش و متكتم كأفغانستان ذو ...
I really enjoyed this book by Norwegian reporter Asne Seierstad. It was honest and eye-opening. In The Bookseller of Kabul, I found Seierstad to be an exceptionally perceptive and balanced journalist, and I think she was equally successful at presenting facts in a very human way and avoiding mora...