Saturday, February 21, 2009
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hossein is an awesome book. Hossein also wrote the Kite Runner which was good too however, this one is much better. It span thirty years in Afghanistan. From the soviets to the taliban. It is amazing the change that took place and how the people dealt with them. The women especially. This book i could see being taught in high school. It tells the historical side of these people so well. You come away with a whole new understanding of the culture of Afghanistan. The character are so well written that you can identify and love them or hate them they become real. Excellent Book.
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one of my favorites, too! Especially visual is the scene where her husband does not like her cooking, and gathers gravel for her to "chew" on...imagine that...
ReplyDeleteIt was an authoritative view of the history of that time, and how the people of Afganistan had such hope after the Soviet rule, for the Taliban, of all things! Excellent!
ann totally was so amazing to me how the women seems so strong and the men were horrible and weak people. I really do think it would be a great book to be taught in both history and english classes
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