Åsne Seierstad, for example, author of the bestselling The Bookseller of Kabul, freely admits that she capitalized on the Afghan cultural formality of offering hospitality and moved into a family’s house to get material for her book, and that she “never mastered Dari,” 29 but it seems she felt completely entitled to represent the innermost thoughts of the women of the family who spoke only that language.
— Apr 27, 2026 02:00AM
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