Afganistan. Krajina, o ktorej sa rozpráva posledné desaťročia len v kontexte smrti, vojny, terorizmu a islamských radikálov. Už samotný názov krajiny v človeku akosi podvedome vyvoláva pocit strachu a stiesnenia. Asi máloktorý človek z Európy túži ocitnúť sa v tejto krajine. Stano (autor) Rodený Prešovčan, vyrastajúci v podhorí Čergova s neprekonateľnou túžbou tráviť čo najviac času v[...]
Åsne Seierstad, nórska spisovateľka a reportérka, po útokoch z 11. septembra 2001 odcestovala do Afganistanu, šesť týždňov sledovala veliteľov Severnej aliancie a následne niekoľko mesiacov žila v dome Sultána Chána, kde zbierala materiál na knihu.
Jej reportážna, beletrizovaná kniha Kníhkupec z Kábulu (orig. Bokhandleren i Kabul) opisuje každodenný život rodiny aj spojenie bežných situácií s historickými faktami.
Autorka zachytáva patriarchálne zvyky a postavenie žien (ženy vnímané ako tovar a „stroj na deti“) a protiklad medzi snahou o priblíženie sa Západu a odporom k zastaraným ideálom, zosobnenými v postave Sultána Chána.
Kniha sa stala medzinárodným bestsellerom — preložená do viac ako štyridsiatich jazykov a predalo sa z nej viac než dva milióny exemplárov — pričom Seierstad si zachovala otvorenú myseľ a objektívny pohľad, a text vyvoláva šok, hnev a beznádej za ženské postavy.
Nórska spisovateľka a novinárka Åsne Seierstadová si pre svoju reportážnu tvorbu vyberá náročné a kontroverzné témy. Ak k tomu pridáme schopnosť pútavo a zaujímavo písať, tak vznikne kniha, ktorú neodložíte pred jej koncom.
In spring 2002, following the fall of the Taliban, Åsne Seierstad spent four months living with a bookseller and his family in Kabul.For more than twenty years Sultan Khan defied the authorities—be they communist or Taliban—to supply books to the people of… ...
In spring 2002, following the fall of the Taliban, Åsne Seierstad spent four months living with a bookseller and his family in Kabul.
For more than twenty years Sultan Khan defied the authorities—be they communist or Taliban—to supply books to the people of Kabul. He was arrested, interrogated and imprisoned by the communists, and watched illiterate Taliban soldiers burn piles of his books in the street. He even resorted to hiding most of his stock—almost ten thousand books—in attics all over Kabul.
But while Khan is passionate in his love of books and his hatred of censorship, he also has strict views on family life and the role of women. As an outsider, Åsne Seierstad found herself in a unique position, able to move freely between the private, restricted sphere of the women—including Khan’s two wives—and the freer, more public lives of the men.
It is an experience that Seierstad finds both fascinating and frustrating. As she steps back from the page and allows the Khans to speak for themselves, we learn of proposals and marriages, hope and fear, crime and punishment. The result is a genuinely gripping and moving portrait of a family, and a clear-eyed assessment of a country struggling to free itself from history.' to '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 Afghan women and a window into the surprising realities of daily life in today’s Afghanistan.'
