The Bookseller of Kabul
Åsne Seierstad; Sarah Death (Translator)

For more than 20 years, Sultan Khan defied the authorities-whether Communist or Taliban-and supplied books to the people of Kabul. He was imprisoned by the Communists and had to stand by and watch as illiterate Taliban soldiers burned his books in the street. Award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad spent four months with Khan and his family observing how his beloved books became a symbol of freedom.