Åsne Seierstad Books

Twenty years after The Bookseller of Kabul, internationally bestselling author Åsne Seierstad returns to Afghanistan to explore life under the Taliban today through three individuals and their families.

Inspiration for the Netflix Film 22 July - directed by Paul Greengrass - and in the tradition of In Cold Blood, the account of a massacre and a gripping portrait of evil, by the author of The Bookseller of Kabul.

In January 2003 Åsne Seierstad entered Baghdad on a ten-day visa. She was to stay for over three months, reporting on the war and its aftermath. A Hundred and One Days is her compelling account of a city under siege, and a fascinating insight into the life of a foreign correspondent. An award-winning writer, Seierstad brilliantly details the frustrations and dangers journalists faced trying to uncover the truth behind the all-pervasive propaganda. She also offers a unique portrait of Baghdad and its people, trying to go about their daily business under the constant threat of attack. Seierstad's passionate and erudite book conveys both the drama and the tragedy of her one hundred and one days in a city at war.

International reporter Asne Seierstad pens a remarkable exploration of the lives of ordinary Serbs under the regime of Slobodan Milosevic--during the dramatic events leading up to his fall, and finally in the troubled years that have followed.

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 of a country of great cultural riches and extreme contradictions. For more than 20 years, Sultan Khan has defied the authorities—whether Communist or Taliban—to supply books to the people of Kabul. He has been arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned, and has watched illiterate Taliban soldiers burn piles of his books in the street. Yet he had persisted in his passion for books, shedding light in one of the world's darkest places. This is the intimate portrait of a man of principle and of his family—two wives, five children, and many relatives sharing a small four-room house in this war ravaged city. But more than that, it is a rare look at contemporary life under Islam, where even after the Taliban's collapse, the women must submit to arranged marriages, polygamous husbands, and crippling limitations on their ability to travel, learn and communicate with others. About the Author Asne Seierstad is an award-winning journalist who has reported from such war-torn regions as Chechnya, the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan.

An einem Nachmittag im Oktober 2013 kommen die zwei Teenagerschwestern Ayan und Leila nach der Schule nicht wie gewohnt nach Hause. Stattdessen schicken sie eine E-Mail – mit einer Nachricht, die ihren Eltern und Geschwistern schier die Luft zum Atmen nimmt: Die beiden Schwestern befinden sich auf der Reise nach Syrien, um sich dort dem Islamischen Staat anzuschließen. Sofort begibt sich ihr Vater auf die Suche nach ihnen mitten hinein ins Kriegsgebiet. Auf seiner verzweifelten und lebensgefährlichen Odyssee kooperiert er mit Schmugglern, Geheimdiensten und Terrormilizen. Wieso haben seine Töchter freiwillig ihr sicheres Leben aufgegeben? Wieso wurden im Vorfeld die Zeichen nicht richtig gedeutet? Und wie schafft er es, sie wieder zurückzuholen, notfalls auch gegen ihren Willen? Åsne Seierstad beleuchtet das Thema in seiner gesamten Komplexität. Sie deckt nicht nur die Hintergründe der Radikalisierung sowie die Auswirkungen auf die Hinterbliebenen auf, sondern gewährt auch dramatische Einsichten in das Leben und Überleben im Terrorstaat.

A sole quattro ore di volo da noi si trova un mondo dimenticato di guerra e terrore: la Cecenia. Ogni dieci persone, una è stata uccisa; gli uomini sopravvissuti si nascondono o continuano a resistere. Le donne lottano per la sopravvivenza, ma i più colpiti sono i bambini. Abbandonati a se stessi, combattono in condizioni disperate tra le rovine di Grozny per la loro esistenza. Coloro che dovrebbero essere il futuro sono le maggiori vittime. Incontriamo Abdul, un orfano di guerra costretto a uccidere sua sorella per onore. Oppure il dodicenne Timur, che riesce a sentire qualcosa di vivo solo quando colpisce i cani. Le loro storie rivelano come la guerra brutalizzi e distrugga una società, lasciando cicatrici indelebili nei più giovani.

De Noorse oorlogscorrespondente, die vlak na het verdrijven van het Talibanbewind enige maanden bij een Afghaanse familie woonde, geeft met name een beeld van het leven van de vrouw.

Keuze van romanfragmenten uit de hedendaagse Noorse literatuur.Een ontdekkingsreis langs het beste uit de hedendaagse Noorse literatuur. Van Lars Saabye Christensen tot Herbjørg Wassmo.Wat lezers van de buitenlandse literatuur weten, beperkt zich vaak tot enkele namen. De Noorse literatuur vormt daarop geen uitzondering. Uitgeverij De Geus brengt al een aantal jaren met grote regelmaat zowel gevestigde namen als aanstormend talent onder de aandacht van lezend Nederland. Deze bundel - in het jaar dat Noorwegen zijn honderdjarig bestaan als onafhankelijk koninkrijk viert - is een presentatie van verhalen of fragmenten uit werk van Noorse auteurs die bij De Geus verschijnen.