A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

Set against a backdrop of conflicts in Afghanistan, Khaled Hosseini's second novel 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' is essentially the tale of two women, Mariam and the younger Laila. The blurb tells us that it concerns the friendship, 'as strong as the ties between mother and daughter', that develops between them. It is a while, however, before this friendship starts, and there is a great deal of pain and hardship both before and after its beginning. ...
...of town to live in a kolba or simple wooden hut to avoid embarrassing Jalil, his three wives and other children. Jalil visits Mariam every Thursday, and she thinks the sun shines out of her father's eyes. She does not heed the warnings of Nana. Mariam's attempts, at the age of fifteen, to change the circumstances of her life result in her being married off to Rasheed, a widower thirty years her senior. Conveniently, Rasheed lives in Kabul, six hundred ...

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When browsing for a new book to read, I wasn't too sure what I was after. A light read perhaps? Or something to tease the mind? When I was shown this particular book, I wasn't too excited. The first thing I found peculiar about the book is its style. The first part takes us through the life of Mariam, a character who was then just a teenager, and the problems she had to deal with. In the second part of the book, we jump to a new character called ...
...see Mariam gow up from a teenager right through to her more mature days is wonderful. She is a character who has so much depth to her, so manysecets yet it felt like I knew he inside out. Laila too felt very lifelike and was often left in my mind, even after closing the book. Having read late at night, I'd actually gone on to dream myself into the character of Laila, living her life as if it were my own. That was one of the most peculiar things I've ...

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== A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS == === KHALED HOSSEINI === Last year I read Khaled Hosseini's book, 'The Kite Runner'. That story concentrated on the life of a young Afghan boy as he grew up in violent and confused times. I found it to be an remarkable book that was packed full of emotion. So on finding that the author fhad written another story that takes place in Afghanistan, 'A Thousand Splendid Suns', I had to read it. === THE AUTHOR === An author's ...
...a book when writing a book review, but I felt that for this book, his background is VERY important. Khaled Hosseini was born in 1965 in Afghanistan. He was born into a privileged position as the son of a diplomat with the country's foreign ministry, while his mother was a high school language and history high school. With the Soviet invasion and following wars his family moved to Paris and were then granted political asylum in America. He continued ...

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A Thousand Splendid Suns is an excellent book that captures the plight of women in Afghanistan, the rise of the modern woman and the fall at the hands of the Taliban. This is a truly spectacular read by the author of the Kite Runner, a breathtaking page turner that will take you on an emotional journey. This is a fascinating lesson of a country and a war that I knew so little about, it is a real eye opener and a book that i could not put down. The two main characters, Mariam and Laila share a friendship and a bond so deep that it touches your heart. The writing and description is excellent and propels you to another world. I would recomend this book as well as the Kite Runner and dont be surprised to find yourself weeping! ...

GingerMax 10.08.2008
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