Åsne Seierstad is the leading nonfiction author of her generation. In her internationally acclaimed bestseller, The Bookseller of Kabul, the award-winning journalist Åsne Seierstad explores life in Afghanistan before and after the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. Two decades later, with the return of the Taliban to power, Seierstad returns with The Afghans, a book that helps us understand the past, present, and future of Afghanistan through the lives of three unforgettable people.

Seierstad introduces us to three people whose lives have been shaped by the fall and return of the Taliban - Jamila, a women's rights activist, Bashir, a Taliban commander, and Ariana, a law student who was just one semester away from graduation before the Taliban returned to power. The stories of these three Afghans cover love, loss, rebellion, and war, as well as the everyday rhythms of family life.

Through them, we experience and understand the preparation for the Taliban's recapture of power in 2021, how the first year of Taliban governance unfolded, and what the position of Afghans is today and in the future.

Åsne Seierstad has been praised by the most authoritative sources, with the Sunday Times calling her "an intimate portrayal of Afghans like no other" and the New York Times stating that "it feels like a nonfiction novel - irresistible".

Pages: 448, Year of Publication: 0528, Dimensions: 15.2x15.2cm