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Memoirs & travelogues
West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story by Tamim Ansary-
A poignant memoir by the son of a Pashtun-Afghan father and a Finnish-American mother.
The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad-
An unflinching portrait of a man who is both a passionate champion of Afghan literature and "an authoritarian patriarch" who doesn't hesitate to stifle the ambitions of the women in his family.
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan by Jason Elliot-
The author's account of a summer spent with the mujaheddin resistance fighters and "a quietly epic sort of journey" across the country 10 years later.