Hello, today I would like to propose a book and a special review for two reasons: the first is that this book has given me my friend Isy for Christmas and then I would like very much, second because it does not belong to the usual readings I do, not a fantasy or a historical novel , but rather tells a true story.
Although this book I read last month, I would like particularly to let you know because it made me think a lot and made me understand different points of view.
Before talking about the book, I tell you why this book struck me.
Until a few years ago my dream was to be un'egittologa (to Indiana to Relic Hunter J. O: P) I've always been fascinated with Egyptian culture, I was a real passionate. I do not know whether fortunately or unfortunately, the fact is that a couple of years ago I had a vacation in Egypt, I was really ecstatic at the thought of going to see the museum in Cairo, the pyramids, the Sphinx, stand in the place where he had virtually beginning of civilization.
arrived in Cairo, I was abruptly brought back to reality, because in walking around, visiting, I met a lot of fully veiled women and girls (they were completely covered and there were 45 degrees), I assure you that a thing is to see them on TV , another watch live, and I realized that my dream, a little 'child, he would never come true because, as a woman, I could not face all this to work (having luck) to go in control of my passions. In that moment I really wanted to be a man.
This book, The Bookseller of Kabul, although it is not set in Egypt, has light on many problems that I knew I did not know or superficially, affecting the lives of Muslim women, and reading it made me remember many times my stay in Egypt making me understand the reality of things.
Sorry if I rambled, but I wanted you to know my personal experience.
Title: The Bookseller of Kabul
Author: Seierstad Åsne
Pages: 321
Price: € 9.00
Publisher: BUR
Plot
When the author sent a young Norwegian, enter the following in Kabul Allied troops, one of the first people he meets is Sultan Khan, a bookseller jailed twice in the name of intellectual freedom and the dignity of his country. Asne Khan is welcomed at home for about a year and became the "daughter blonde" of the bookseller. A witness tells us stories of books saved and glimpses of daily life in Afghanistan through forbidden love, marriages, crimes, punishment, but also solidarity and strong bond .
My review
The Bookseller of Kabul away from its very title, tells the story of a modern Afghan family, where of course there are wealthy men but mostly women with their secret history not yet told.
There are many stories related to the women in the family, the grandmother (the matriarch), the two wives and sisters of the bookseller with engagements, weddings, dashed hopes and terrible punishment.
There are many stories related to the women in the family, the grandmother (the matriarch), the two wives and sisters of the bookseller with engagements, weddings, dashed hopes and terrible punishment.
Apart from the political events that are narrated, remain uses that are imprinted in the interaction and roles of the sexes within the household.
Watching the news and hear the special is not the same as reading the intimate story of these people who express their thoughts and pains.
fine book is that it surely does not reflect that, as written in the preface and afterword, tells the true story of an Afghan family, is a report in the form of novel in which a European journalist, who lived in the family bookseller, tells about the experience.
Reflecting, we who are born and live in the West take for granted many things that consider obvious, certain, from our point of view.
How often we hear, say, the word "freedom" thus expressing the meaning? many, perhaps too many in my opinion.
How often we hear, say, the word "freedom" thus expressing the meaning? many, perhaps too many in my opinion.
Reading this story made me ponder and reflect on both the meaning of freedom, which change much from place to place, from country to country, from person to person, both the situation of women.
Until 50 years ago, very courageous women have given impetus to a process that slowly and with a lot of suffering has made us reach the (almost) equality of the sexes today.
Probably because I am still young and I have not tackled the business world, perhaps because I live in a modern world where the women are certainly a lot more power than before, but I do not fully understand the importance of the actions of these women.
Until 50 years ago, very courageous women have given impetus to a process that slowly and with a lot of suffering has made us reach the (almost) equality of the sexes today.
Probably because I am still young and I have not tackled the business world, perhaps because I live in a modern world where the women are certainly a lot more power than before, but I do not fully understand the importance of the actions of these women.
This is certainly a book I recommend, because it deals with many subjects, traditions and points of view not so brutal, but tells stories of life in order not to make the reading heavy and too traumatic.
rating: four stars and a half
Lya
Lya
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