A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini

SPLENDID

Mariam

Jalil

kolba.

Nana,

culpable,

cradle

poking

enchantment.

disowned

Muhsin,

mumbling.

penance.”

midwife,

lingering

recrimination

p...

shrugged,

knead

arbab,

Faizullah,

Hamza,

fret

monarchy,

clenching

treacherous

wretched,

grievances

stream,

sighed.

frantically

gust

doze off,

startled

amiable,

afterthought.

ordeal

scandalous

embodiment

perversity,

squinting

ajar.

sparsely

bad omen

mystified

penance,

appeasement

brow.

frenetic

lingering