A thousand splendid suns is the second novel by Khaled Hosseni who has earlier written the Kite Runner (I liked the movie better than the novel). It is the story of how ordinary lives have been torn apart by the turbulent state of affairs in Afghanistan and this novel tells us that it is the woman who ultimately suffers the most. A mother losing her children to war, a single woman left all alone to fend off for herself, atrocities on women in pro male society, illetracy among women. But then this is the same woman who carries on living with a hope in her heart that she clings on to and weathers through her difficulties. It is the simple things in life that brings her cheer like the birth of a child or like the longing for a child.
Its a great book that I could not put down. It is a heartbreaking story mostly but carries a lot of hope. So much hope and faith in God that the family who suffered so much and left the country, came back to Afghanistan when the Taliban were ousted. I have to mention that the descriptions of the cooking of the kebabs , shorwa and tandoori roti made my mouth water all the time as I read along! That writers have an eye for details and describe so attentively the mundane things is very endearing.
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