The Afghanssne Seierstad is the supreme non fiction writer of her generation Luke Harding As an exploration of the social fabric of Afghan life, this book takes some beating DAILY TELEGRAPH No other recent book on the subject comes close CPW Gammell, author of The Pearl of Khorasan In her international bestseller The Bookseller of Kabul, award winning journalist sne Seierstad studied life in Afghanistan before and after the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001.