Real Bookseller of Kabul extends operation to UK.

(From Guardian Unlimited)

The man who inspired Asne Seierstad's smash hit The Bookseller of Kabul, Shah Muhammad Rais, is to start selling Afghan books into the UK, including the memoir he penned as an angry response to Seierstad's book.

"Since the establishment of our business around 35 years before, we have been trying to reach customers anywhere in the world," said Rais today, after signing a deal with the UK arm of Indian distributor Motilal Books to bring up to 500 titles to the UK. "Afghanistan is still an unexplored country. The world should know and understand the real picture, the real image of Afghanistan. All mistakes are repeated because the world doesn't …