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Khaled such a beautiful description of Afg nd u can realise how tough country tht is specially for women. In splendid suns he narrates story of laliaa and maryam such a terrific style of writing
Can anybody offer me something similar? I mean Middle Eastern and its surrounding countries war/conflict related literature. I have heard about some but I would like to hear personal suggestions.And about the books, I am speachless. It has been a long time since I read a book that brought so many emotions out of me.
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A Thousand Splendid Suns was such an eye opener about women and how they are treated in Afghanistan. I would encourage all women to read this for a better understanding of women in other countries. So sad how a lie and war can change lives.
The Kite Runner's 384 pages turned quickly. It's a father-son story, as oppposed to A Thousand Splendid Suns' 384 pages which provide a voice of hope for the women of Afhganistan. Both of these protagonists suffer, suffer, suffer. A Thousand Splendid Suns provides a much darker tale.
I had mixed feelings about The Kite Runner. It tells the story of two best friends, and the aftermath of a horrible incident with one. While the book is very well written and provides some insight into the history of Afghanistan, the main character inspires no sympathy, and is a very training reading. A Thousand Splendid Suns on the other hand is one of the best books I have read. It is about two women whose lives are forever binded when they are forced to marry a brutish man. From the beginning...
THE THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS! Best book ever read! :) The letter at end of the story will make one weep. "Fate"- It's a thing no one can change.Real love- It's a thing no one can take away from you.Life and fate cannot be changed. It's the way you see life to be changed. Once you realize this, all happiness and all your dreams will shower upon you vanishing the hardships. kudos to the author! Great book!
These are both powerful reads. Both these books chronicle different characters through peaceful Afghanistan to war torn country. I have read and re-read these books few times. These reads are as heart-wrenching to read the second or the third time as they are the first time. Khaled Hosseini is an amazing author. His writing is profound as well as simple at the same time. 5 amazing stars
I read the hard-backed version I borrowed from the library. Though painful to absorb its stories of cruelty to ordinary people from oppressive regimes, I appreciated the personal story of guilt and the search for forgiveness. Also insightful, is the view of the Afghan immigrant in northern California.
After reading this book I actually started understanding and respecting my mother , or may be my grandmother more and more! I must say that the author could see through the heart of these women very honestly! His women are so real, the society is so very much true... A very much worth read.
I read these books some time ago, around the time first published and loved them. I think I'd like to read A Thousand Setting Suns again. The lives of Muslim women are so compelling, so miserably different than American women that I find I want to know more.
I loved both books with all my heart! Both reads are quite psychological from the point of view of several characters within each story.
Continuing in the vein of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns relays another of what must be many horrifying stories of the struggle to survive in Afghanistan after the monarchy. It tells in detail about the Soviet takeover and then that of the Taliban, as everyday people try to live in the violence and destruction that surround them. Amidst degradation and suffering, there is a triumph of the human spirit, as two women from different generations bond to support and care for each other. Un...
THE THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS BYKHALED HOSSEINI “Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always." ~The Thousand Splendid Suns I do cry while reading sad books and watching any emotional scene in a movie but this time I cried hard. I wonder how the authors write, do they cry? Khaled Hosseini- Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan-American novelist, physician, activist, humanitarian and UNHCR goodwill ambassador. After graduating from college, he worked as a doct...
A devastating masterful and painfully honest story of life crippled by an act of childhood and cowardice and cruelty. It speaks the harrowing truth about the power of evil, personal and political, and intoxicates, like a high-flying kite, with the power of hope.The kite runner is based in a war torn Afghanistan. Story of two friends, Hassan and Amir, Hassan the devoted, loyal, honest one and Amir the one rooted in unsure grounds, with a conflicted soul.The book makes you see Afghanistan as more
The kite runner, a masterpiece by Khaled Hosseini.it is written in such a way that you'll feel like sitting in a theater and different scene are running in front of your eyes. Writing skill was really adorable. This book took you to the ground reality. Several times it's a breathtaking. After all **LIFE GOES ON**
Wow. Such an emotional, heartbreaking read. This book really made me grateful for everything and everyone I have in my life. I was gobsmacked by the situations the characters faced in this novel during the war in Afghanistan. Even though it was heartbreaking it was such a gripping book to read. Thank you Khaled Hosseini.
