Subjugation of Women inThe Bookseller of Kabul

Abstract

Seierstad'snovelThe Bookseller of Kabuldepictsthe picture of Muslim society that follows thereligious concepts based on Islam.The social structure and the assumptions in the Muslim society paved the way for womenwhere they are obliged to face the subjugation.It shows the inert life of the women obliged to live the life of slave under the patriarchy as well as Muslim custom and tradition, within their own family. The tradition and culture have the dominant role to form the social system and the society.In the name of religionand tradition most of the Muslim women suffer and often killed as Jamila is killed by her own brother and other membersof the family in the accusation ofbetrayingthe Muslim law.In the novel the family of bookseller named Sultan is typically Afghan family representing most of the Muslims. His sisters, mother and his wives suffer due to the religious conception existing in the society shaped by the Muslim archetype as in the third world most of the cultures are guided by the archetype.