WHAT IS ITS SIGNIFICANCE ABOUT THE NARATOR'S POINT OF VIEW?

The book is written in the third person point of view with the narrator being the author who lived with the Kahn family for a while to gather material for the book and to experience everyday life in Afghanistan. This allows her to learn the trials and tribulations of everyday life and to learn how people cope with it. She writes about each of the family members and what their life is like and what they can and cannot do about it. She writes about several other people she meets.

It is important to remember that the book presents the author's perspective, which is one of a Westerner and a female. She is a Norwegian and pays particular attention to the life of women. She is a journalist and well qualified to write a book of this kind. She has reported on events from various war torn areas. In addition, she spends time living with the Kahn family experiencing their everyday life. Sierstad writes a very readable book from a perspective that is agreeable to the reader and appropriate to the book.