The book a book lover says burn

One From The National Post on “The Bookseller of Kabul,” which chronicles Shah Mohammed Rais, an Afghan bookseller, family life in the Afghan capital after the fall of the Taliban in 2001.

Mr. Rais, who has devoted his life to protecting books, is suing the book’s author and her various publishers around the world. He says he is keenly aware of the devastating irony of his action — one that has also provoked some disturbing questions about the responsibilities of Western journalists when they write about people with radically different cultures.

November 9, 2003 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Anonymous Patron says:
    November 9, 2003 at 9:09 am

    any easy answers?
    I’d say that anyone who has a quick opinion about the rights and wrongs of this case is just as rigid in their thinking as any of this board’s favorite targets.

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