tularosa  01/10/10        Subscribe to tularosa's Lifebooks

A Thousand Splendid Suns As an American I can say that I do not know enough about the culture of Afghanistan. For this reason alone I found that Kite Runner ( which I liked more ) and this book are important. A Thousand Splendid Suns tracks the lives of two women whose fates are intertwined but we do not know this until the last half of the book. The author takes a long time to build the characters and get to point of the story. However, the book will reward you if you stick with it At times the reader wants to lay this book down because it is hard to imagine how people can live in these conditions. Tribal wars, then the war with the communists followed by the injustices of the Taliban, this book tracks it all through the lives of its characters. Houseni is a very good writer and I enjoyed these books.

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