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A review by krishnendu
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
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3.5/5
Deeply disturbing, devastating, an encyclopaedia of female suffering that kept evolving brutally as Afghanistan transitioned from monarchy to communism to Taliban rule, and finally the US invasion post 9/11. Intriguing writing, ground some teeth knowing that man's peak inconvenience there is to grow a beard, but a woman's is to be banned from studying, working, laughing out loud, going out, to become an invisible obedient babymaking subordinate to man.
A hiccup for me, however, is women's endurance and tolerance being celebrated and glorified in ways that don t sit well with me. Regardless, mariam has my whole heart and soul!
Deeply disturbing, devastating, an encyclopaedia of female suffering that kept evolving brutally as Afghanistan transitioned from monarchy to communism to Taliban rule, and finally the US invasion post 9/11. Intriguing writing, ground some teeth knowing that man's peak inconvenience there is to grow a beard, but a woman's is to be banned from studying, working, laughing out loud, going out, to become an invisible obedient babymaking subordinate to man.
A hiccup for me, however, is women's endurance and tolerance being celebrated and glorified in ways that don t sit well with me. Regardless, mariam has my whole heart and soul!