This is a great story by the author of The Kite Runner. Here is a blurb from the dust jacket: A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years -- from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post - Taliban rebuilding -- that put the violence, fear, hope, and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives -- the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness--are inextricable from the history playing out around them.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
what i'm reading now
This is a great story by the author of The Kite Runner. Here is a blurb from the dust jacket: A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years -- from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post - Taliban rebuilding -- that put the violence, fear, hope, and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives -- the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness--are inextricable from the history playing out around them.
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I'm not over The Kite Runner yet---I have to build myself up to handle some of the things I wish weren't happening in the world.
You're the second person within the last month to recommend this book to me.
Lorna: Brace yourself for this one. It's even more powerful than The Kite Runner. It shows the culture of Afghanistan from a woman's viewpoint and things are far worse for women than for men.
I'm going to look for this book!
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