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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Dec. 24th, 2009 03:20 amFirst time reading:
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
What a beautiful and compelling novel-- both depressing and triumphant at the same time. It is a fascinating but horrifying window into life as a woman in Afghanistan (and Muslim culture in general). Not knowing much about Afghanistan before I read it, it was definitely a welcome education wrapped up in familiar themes: romance overcoming difficult odds, war tearing a city and its people apart, the strong bonds between women, the hardships of being a woman (especially in a male-dominated society), and family.
I was struck by a resemblance to Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities (particularly in the tears that I cried), but I don't know if that's intentional or simply in my head.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
What a beautiful and compelling novel-- both depressing and triumphant at the same time. It is a fascinating but horrifying window into life as a woman in Afghanistan (and Muslim culture in general). Not knowing much about Afghanistan before I read it, it was definitely a welcome education wrapped up in familiar themes: romance overcoming difficult odds, war tearing a city and its people apart, the strong bonds between women, the hardships of being a woman (especially in a male-dominated society), and family.
I was struck by a resemblance to Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities (particularly in the tears that I cried), but I don't know if that's intentional or simply in my head.
