Author: Asne Seierstad

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The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the country's constitution as the 'fundamental pillar of society'.

The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the country's constitution as the 'fundamental pillar of society'.

- Asne Seierstad

There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.

There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.

- Asne Seierstad

If I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write.

If I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write.

- Asne Seierstad

If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

- Asne Seierstad

I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and I still say this was an important book to write.

I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and I still say this was an important book to write.

- Asne Seierstad

The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind the scenes on a TV screen - are important.

The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind the scenes on a TV screen - are important.

- Asne Seierstad

As the only woman, I was able to sit with the officers in front, with a glass of vodka in one hand and a cucumber in the other. That's how I went to my first war.

As the only woman, I was able to sit with the officers in front, with a glass of vodka in one hand and a cucumber in the other. That's how I went to my first war.

- Asne Seierstad

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