Åsne Seierstad Book order (chronological)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dal gennaio all'aprile 2003 Åsne Seierstad è stata in Iraq come inviata di guerra per i paesi scandinavi e la Germania. Con articoli e servizi televisivi ha riportato gli avvenimenti scatenatisi prima, durante e dopo gli attacchi delle truppe angloamericane. Una serie di testimonianze sulla guerra, in cui non mancano riferimenti agli antichi fasti dell'impero persiano, ma che riferiscono soprattutto del regime instaurato da Saddam, della granata che, colpendo l'Hotel Palestine, uccise due giornalisti della Reuters, e del terrore negli occhi degli iracheni, ma anche in quelli dei soldati americani.

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 the Khans tell their stories, we learn of proposals and marriages, hope and fear, crime and punishment. The result is a unique portrait of a family and a country.

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.