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It is not the book that you hold in your hands but it's the other way round. The way this book grips you is beyond imagination. Though I have lot of fascination for the books set in middle-east, Afghanistan (specifically) and African Continent, but, still that this is the kind of book that maintains that fascination in me.
“Mariam was five years old the first time she heard the word harami”; this was quite a very unexpected starting from any writer but the way this leads further depict the depth ...more
“Mariam was five years old the first time she heard the word harami”; this was quite a very unexpected starting from any writer but the way this leads further depict the depth ...more
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Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres, speficially for its ability to transport the reader to a time and place that actually existed. I especially enjoy historical fiction set in cultures I'm not familiar with. With that in mind, I chose this book, and while I now have a clearer picture of Afghanistan in the decades leading up to the rise of the Taliban, I'm left feeling absolutely wrung out. The frequent and graphic brutality and cruelty heaped upon the two female protagonists is both
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