“Bookseller” – Hated it!
October 31, 2003
“The Bookseller of Kabul,” is the best-selling non-fiction book in the history of Norway, where it was first published last fall. It has been translated into 17 languages and is selling briskly everywhere. When journalist Asne Seierstad approached the bookseller with her idea for a book, he let her into his home, to sleep on mats with his family, share their meals and chronicle their every move for four months. The book just came out in English, and the bookseller has read it. He hates it, and he’s hired a lawyer. Brooke gets the bookseller’s accusations and then talks with Seierstad about the experience, the book, and her host turned adversary.
