The Bookseller of Kabul

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The Bookseller of Kabul

First edition (Norwegian)
Author	Åsne Seierstad
Original title	Bokhandleren i Kabul
Translator	Ingrid Christophersen
Country	Norway
Language	Norwegian
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Cappelen Damm
Publication date	2002
Pages	276pp (paperback)
ISBN	1-84408-047-1 (paperback)
OCLC	56460272
Preceded by	With Their Backs to The World: Portraits of Serbia
Followed by	One Hundred And One Days: A Baghdad Journal

The Bookseller of Kabul is a non-fiction book written by Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad, about a bookseller, Shah Muhammad Rais (whose name was changed to Sultan Khan), and his family in Kabul, Afghanistan, published in Norwegian in 2002 and English in 2003. It takes a novelistic approach, focusing on characters and the daily issues that they face.