For more than twenty years Sultan Khan defied the authorities to supply books to the people of Kabul. He was arrested, interrogated and imprisoned,and watched illiterate soldiers burn piles of his books in streets. In spring 2002 award-winning journalist Asne seierstad spent four months living with the bookseller and his family. As Seierstad steps back from the page and lets th...(展开全部)

This mesmerizing portrait of a proud man who, through three decades and successive repressive regimes, heroically braved persecution to bring books to the people of Kabul has elicited extraordinary praise throughout the world and become a phenomenal international bestseller. The Bookseller of Kabul is startling in its intimacy and its details - a revelation of the plight of A...(展开全部)

With The Bookseller of Kabul, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad has given readers a first-hand look at Afghani life as few outsiders have seen it. Invited to live with Sultan Khan, a bookseller in Kabul, and his family for months, this account of her experience allows the Khans to speak for themselves, giving us a genuinely gripping and moving portrait of a family, and o...(展开全部)

Since the ascendancy of the Taliban the lives of Mosheen and his beautiful wife, Zunaira, have been gradually destroyed. Mosheen's dream of becoming a diplomat has been shattered and Zunaira can no longer even appear on the streets of Kabul unveiled. Atiq is a jailer who guards those who have been condemned to death; the darkness of prison and the wretchedness of his job have s...(展开全部)

Set in Kabul under the rule of the Taliban, this extraordinary novel takes readers into the lives of two couples: Mohsen, who comes from a family of wealthy shopkeepers whom the Taliban has destroyed; Zunaira, his wife, exceedingly beautiful, who was once a brilliant teacher and is now no longer allowed to leave her home without an escort or covering her face. Intersecting thei...(展开全部)

Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set in a beautiful, rural town by the edge of the sea. A book-lover's paradise? Well, almost ... In these wry and hilarious diaries, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribu...(展开全部)

Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set in a beautiful, rural town by the edge of the sea. A book lover's paradise? Well, almost ... In these wry and hilarious diaries, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribu...(展开全部)

作者简介 肖恩•白塞尔（Shaun Bythell）是苏格兰最大的二手书店、一家名叫“书店”的书店的店主，他也是威格敦图书节（Wigtown Book Festival）的组织者之一。《书店日记》是肖恩的第一部作品。 . 译者简介 顾真，编辑、译者。译有《小夜曲》《眼泪的化学》《长眠不醒》《湖底女人》等作品。兼作随笔、评论，以笔名“迤逦鸦”为《澎湃•上海书评》撰写专栏，其他文章散见于《南方都市报》《书城》《外国文艺》等。

Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set in a beautiful, rural town by the edge of the sea. A book-lover's paradise? Well, almost ... In these wry and hilarious diaries, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribu...(展开全部)

作者简介 肖恩•白塞尔（Shaun Bythell）是苏格兰最大的二手书店、一家名叫“书店”的书店的店主，他也是威格敦图书节（Wigtown Book Festival）的组织者之一。《书店日记》是肖恩的第一部作品。 . 译者简介 顾真，编辑、译者。译有《小夜曲》《眼泪的化学》《长眠不醒》《湖底女人》等作品。兼作随笔、评论，以笔名“迤逦鸦”为《澎湃•上海书评》撰写专栏，其他文章散见于《南方都市报》《书城》《外国文艺》等。