Land der vielen Wahrheiten

Twenty years after her international bestseller "The Bookseller of Kabul," Åsne Seierstad returns to Afghanistan. She tells the stories of those who fled from the Taliban and those who remained. Of Jamila, who fights for her right to attend school and university and advocates for women's rights as a devout Muslim. Of Bashir, who runs away from home to join the Taliban and fight in the holy war. And of Ariana, who was born when Western troops invaded the country, was forced into marriage after the Taliban took power, and who does not give up hope of changing society through her law studies. The book is an intimate portrait of three individuals who take different paths, their families, friends, and acquaintances – and the story of a country at war.