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A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini – n. A Leoni
Audio version performed by – Atossa Leoni
4 stars
This story did not feel like contemporary fiction. Surely such brutal treatment of women is something centuries in the past. Of course, it is not. Not in Afghanistan at the turn of the 21st century.
The story begins in the 1970’s with Mariam, the illegitimate daughter of an epileptic housemaid. Mariam and her mother have a marginal existence, branded by the shame of her birth. With her mother’ ...more
Audio version performed by – Atossa Leoni
4 stars
This story did not feel like contemporary fiction. Surely such brutal treatment of women is something centuries in the past. Of course, it is not. Not in Afghanistan at the turn of the 21st century.
The story begins in the 1970’s with Mariam, the illegitimate daughter of an epileptic housemaid. Mariam and her mother have a marginal existence, branded by the shame of her birth. With her mother’ ...more
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I loved how Khaled Hosseini is able to make feel the characters and give a background to the country. This is a great book to follow the kite runner.
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