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Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.
A thought provoking novel, which keeps you captivated from the very first page. Written in a simple form and easy to understand English.
A story which combines two different women’s lives. These women are years apart in age but they have to face the same problem. Hosseini, sheds light upon various difficulties of an Afghan women. In every chapter we feel the struggle of these women, and what they have to go through everyd ...more
A thought provoking novel, which keeps you captivated from the very first page. Written in a simple form and easy to understand English.
A story which combines two different women’s lives. These women are years apart in age but they have to face the same problem. Hosseini, sheds light upon various difficulties of an Afghan women. In every chapter we feel the struggle of these women, and what they have to go through everyd ...more
Upon my sister’s insistence, I finally gave this book a try. When I first started it, I honestly thought to myself, what’s so great about this it?? I don’t get it…How is it different from the millions of other Afghan stories out there? I may not completely have an answer to that question, but I know for sure that by the end of the novel, this book had nestled deeply into my heart. Hosseini’s writing is almost like a spell, its descriptive, poetic and leaves you brimming with contradictory emotio
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Khaled Hosseini’s novel A Thousand Splendid Suns is one of the most infuriating, yet heart-touching books I have ever read. Hosseini is like a contemporary Ernest Hemingway. He writes in brutal short strokes and creates images that you cannot even comprehend....This is not the kind of novel that can be picked up and read as a time pass on a rainy day. It is a novel that should be read with heart. ATSS is not a life-changing book but it is close to that. This is the type of story that gradually w
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Nov 11, 2017
Zara Shabir
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it was amazing
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on of my most touching read.
a well crafted masterpiece centered on amazing and realistic afghani womens with the modern dramatic history of this beautiful country as a canvas
a well crafted masterpiece centered on amazing and realistic afghani womens with the modern dramatic history of this beautiful country as a canvas
Adored this. The writing style is tremendous and the story has the element of fixing your mind into the the story with chemistry of concentration, too engaging.
May 23, 2013
Mehvish Irshad
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