A Thousand Splendid Suns
Like its predecessor The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns uses that tumultuous backdrop of war-torn Afghanistan to render the heroic plight of two people; in this case, women of different generations married to the same savagely abusive male. Born out of wedlock, Mariam was forced to marry...
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Like its predecessor The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns uses that tumultuous backdrop of war-torn Afghanistan to render the heroic plight of two people; in this case, women of different generations married to the same savagely abusive male. Born out of wedlock, Mariam was forced to marry forty-year-old Rasheed when she was only fifteen. Then eighteen years later, her still childless husband angrily takes an even younger wife. Hosseini renders the story of Mariam and her "sister/daughter" Laila with persuasive detail and consummate humanity. Their abject situation leaves them no emotional space for idle philosophizing; their resistance is from the very core of their being. Another Discover selection that made good.)
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780743554459 (0743554450)
Publish date: May 2nd 2007
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Edition language: English
Tym razem moja literacka podróż zaprowadziła mnie w orientalne, arabskie klimaty. Słoneczny Afganistan, z jednej strony bardzo restrykcyjny wobec kobiet, pełen mężczyzn nakazujących swoim kobietom ubierać burki. Z drugiej strony, ten bardziej nowoczesny Afganistan, gdzie kobiety mogą ubierać się tak...
The history of Afghanistan is a bloody affair. A country coveted and fought over by powerful neighbours, ultimately disintegrating into tribal rivalry and butchery. A thousand splendid suns is an outstanding read and within its descriptive storytelling we become acquainted with two very brave women;...
When I read The Kite Runner about five years ago, I thought the experience was like watching a beautifully described train wreck. I could clearly see where the engine was going to leave the tracks, and then I could not look away as car after car piled up after it. Slam! Crash! Boom! Tragedy after ca...
Khaled Hosseini wurde 1965 in Kabul als Sohn eines Diplomaten geboren und wuchs als Asylant in Kalifornien auf, da seine Familie nach einigen Jahren in Paris aufgrund der politischen Lage nicht nach Afghanistan zurückkehren konnte. 2001 begann er, „Drachenläufer“ zu schreiben, das 2003 veröffentlich...