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Sat 03 Mar 2008Angels of war
With The Bookseller of Kabul, Norwegian war correspondent Åsne Seierstad brought the realities of Afghanistan into cosy western livingrooms. Now she hopes to do the same with Chechnya, writes Catherine Cleary
SHE TURNED a proud Afghan businessman into a character discussed in book clubs round the world. Now Åsne Seierstad is hoping to do the same for a middle-aged Chechen woman and two of the damaged children in her care.
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