The Proposal -- Burning Books -- Crime and Punishment -- Suicide and Song -- The Business Trip -- Do You Want to Make Me Sad? -- No Admission to Heaven -- Billowing, Fluttering, Winding -- A Third-Rate Wedding -- The Matriarch -- Temptations -- The Call from Ali -- The Smell of Dust -- An Attempt -- Can God Die? -- The Dreary Room -- The Carpenter -- My Mother Osama -- A Broken Heart
Summary
Capturing the harsh realities of life in modern-day Afghanistan and the plight of Afghan women, the Norwegian journalist provides a portrait of a committed Muslim man, a bookseller, and his family living in post-Taliban Kabul, Afghanistan. Reading Group Guide included