Åsne Seierstad Libros

La profesión de librero es una actividad de las más peligrosas en Afganistán. En su afán por controlar el pensamiento de la población, tanto comunistas como los talibanes persiguieron cualquier libro que no se ajustara a su ideario, es decir, casi todos. Por eso no es de extrañar que la joven periodista noruega Åsne Seierstad eligiese instalarse en casa del librero Sultan Kahn. Desde ese lugar privilegiado, Seierstad ofreció al mundo el retrato de un hombre capaz de cualquier cosa para seguir adelante con un negociotan atípico en su país y describió desde dentro una sociedad tan fascinante y contradictoria como la afgana. Y en este mosaico destaca la descripción que ofrece de la vida diaria de las mujeres afganas, con unas posibilidades casi nulas de llevar una vida digna según los cánones occidentales.

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.

One morning in October 2013, nineteen-year-old Ayan Juma and her sixteen-year- old sister Leila left their family home in Oslo. Later that day they sent an email to their parents. 'Peace, God's mercy and blessings upon you, Mum and Dad ... Please do not be cross with us...' Leila and Ayan had decided to travel to Syria, 'and help out down there as best we can'. They had been planning for months. By the time their desperate father Sadiq tracks them to Turkey, they have already crossed the border. But Sadiq is determined to find them. What follows is the gripping, heartbreaking story of a family ripped apart. While Sadiq risks his own life to bring his daughters back, at home his wife Sara begins to question their life in Norway. How could her children have been radicalised without her knowledge? How can she protect her two younger sons from the same fate? Asne Seierstad - with the complete support of the Juma family - followed the story from the beginning, through its many dramatic twists and turns. It's a tale that crosses from Sadiq and Sara's original home in Somalia, to their council estate in Oslo, to Turkey and to Syria - where two teenage sisters must face the shocking consequences of their decision.

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.

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.

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.

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.