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Asne Seierstad
Norwegian journalist and author 脜sne Seierstad is renowned for her accounts of day-to-day life from war zones.
Norwegian journalist and author 脜sne Seierstad is renowned for her accounts of day-to-day life from war zones and has written six non-fiction books. The Bookseller of Kabul (2002), based on her time living with an Afghan family following the fall of the Taliban, was an instant best-seller and has since been translated into 29 languages. Her new book Two Sisters: Into the Syrian Jihad follows two teenage girls as they travel from their home in Oslo to Syria, and the shocking consequences of their decision.
Presenter: Gavin Esler
(Photo: 脜sne Seierstad at the Hay Festival. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich/大象传媒)
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Fri 10 Aug 2018
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