Book : A Thousand Splendid Suns
Author: Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: Bloomsbury (www.bloomsbury.com/ khaledhosseini)
ISBN: 978-0-7475-8297-7
The author Khaled Hosseini is also author of the the book "Kite Runner" , also a reviewed book in our blog thebooksurgeon.blogspot.in and now a major film. Mariam grows up, in Herat, Afghanistan, hearing the word harami (bastard) all her early life and feeling somehow it was her fault. Her father Jalil tries to express his love but his sentiments fall short when ridiculed by Mariams mother..
When she is 15 Mariam decides to "look in" on her extended family in Herat and she returns to her mothers body dangling from a tree. She is taken in by her fathers family, to be then forced into marriage to a suitor thrice her sge, a cobbler in Kabul.
Mariam is thrown into domesticity, keeping the house, cooking food, understanding a new city, new neighbours and the burqa. She, a small town girl of Herat, is suddenly brought to face with the modern Afghan woman of Kabul. Slowly and slowly she is also exposed to the bestial nature of her husband.
Not yet anured to love in the relationship, Mariam suffers a miscarriage. And suddenly her husband becomes more distant. The Communist faction of Afghanistan declares a coup and that night Rasheed makes Mariam chew on pebbles bcos he finds a stone in his rice.
And then the focus shifts to the story of Laila, a daughter of a professor and whose brother goes to the front to fight against Russians. Her story is slowly interlinked with Mariam. And then the Taliban mujahideen entered their lives, with the warring factions of Hazaras and Pashtuns. Laila is all set to leave this madness with her paramour Tariq , when a bomb kills her family and shatters her world.
A destitute numb Laila is taken in by Mariam. And the devious lascivious mind of Rasheed starts eyeing her as his second wife. Buy this book and read on to find the horrific details of Afghan women under Talibani rule and the perseverance of Spirit.
Author: Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: Bloomsbury (www.bloomsbury.com/ khaledhosseini)
ISBN: 978-0-7475-8297-7
The author Khaled Hosseini is also author of the the book "Kite Runner" , also a reviewed book in our blog thebooksurgeon.blogspot.in and now a major film. Mariam grows up, in Herat, Afghanistan, hearing the word harami (bastard) all her early life and feeling somehow it was her fault. Her father Jalil tries to express his love but his sentiments fall short when ridiculed by Mariams mother..
When she is 15 Mariam decides to "look in" on her extended family in Herat and she returns to her mothers body dangling from a tree. She is taken in by her fathers family, to be then forced into marriage to a suitor thrice her sge, a cobbler in Kabul.
Mariam is thrown into domesticity, keeping the house, cooking food, understanding a new city, new neighbours and the burqa. She, a small town girl of Herat, is suddenly brought to face with the modern Afghan woman of Kabul. Slowly and slowly she is also exposed to the bestial nature of her husband.
Not yet anured to love in the relationship, Mariam suffers a miscarriage. And suddenly her husband becomes more distant. The Communist faction of Afghanistan declares a coup and that night Rasheed makes Mariam chew on pebbles bcos he finds a stone in his rice.
And then the focus shifts to the story of Laila, a daughter of a professor and whose brother goes to the front to fight against Russians. Her story is slowly interlinked with Mariam. And then the Taliban mujahideen entered their lives, with the warring factions of Hazaras and Pashtuns. Laila is all set to leave this madness with her paramour Tariq , when a bomb kills her family and shatters her world.
A destitute numb Laila is taken in by Mariam. And the devious lascivious mind of Rasheed starts eyeing her as his second wife. Buy this book and read on to find the horrific details of Afghan women under Talibani rule and the perseverance of Spirit.
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