A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal

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From January until April 2003—for one hundred and one days—Åsne Seierstad worked as a reporter in Bagdad for Scandinavian, German, and Dutch media. Through her articles and live television coverage she reported on the events in Iraq before, right through, and after the attacks by the American and British forces.But Seierstad was once after a story far less obvious than the military invasion. From the moment she arrived in Baghdad Seierstad was once made up our minds to be mindful the modern secrets of an ancient place and to learn how the Iraqi people actually live. In A Hundred and One Days , she introduces us to daily life under the constant threat of attack—first from the Iraqi government and later from American bombs. Moving from the deafening silence of life under Hussein to the explosions that destroyed the power supply, the water supply, and security, Seierstad sets out to discover: What happens to people when the dam bursts? What do they make a selection to say when they are able to suddenly say what they like? What do they miss most when their world changes overnight?Displaying the novelist’s eye and lyrical storytelling that have won her awards all over the world, Seierstad here brings to life an unforgettable cast of characters to tell the stories we never see on the evening news. The only woman on the planet to cover both the fall of Kabul in 2001 and the bombings of Baghdad in 2003, Åsne Seierstad has redefined war reporting with her mesmerizing book.
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