{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"The Bookseller of Kabul Replies to \u00c5sne Seierstad","author_name":"Farooq Sulehria","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article2212.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article2212.html'\u003EThe Bookseller of Kabul Replies to \u00c5sne Seierstad\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003Eby Farooq Sulehria \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\n(editorial assistance by Shane Tasker) \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\nOf late, I have developed a hatred for \"bestsellers.\" These books often prove to be a waste of time. A bestseller becomes a particularly irritating imposition on one\u2019s time when it achieves \"controversial\" status. The Bookseller of Kabul by \u00c5sne Seierstad was no exception when it began making headlines three years ago. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\nI read it when it had become both controversial and a bestseller. I simply hated the book. Seierstad, invoking (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}