Thursday, May 13, 2010
A Thousand Splendid Suns
I am currently reading A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan author who is best known for his other novel The Kite Runner. I consider A Thousand Splendid Suns a great novel because of its unusual plot. Its just very different from anything I have ever read. It details the lives of two very different Afghan women, who were born a generation apart, that are forced to live together during the Soviet take over and following wars with the Taliban. This highlights their differences and struggles to overcome religious and sexual barriers. The novel is divided mainly into four parts. Each part containing information on one of the women's lives until the last two parts were the story comes together. This novel is also rated very highly by many book reviewers. Some even said it was better then The Kite Runner. I would recommend this novel to anyone because its a good read, Therese no denying that.
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I'd like to read this one over the summer--I read The Kite Runner several years ago, and I found it very interesting. You are right--some of my friends liked A Thousand Splendid Suns even more....
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a great book, I may consider reading it
ReplyDeleteI read The Kite Runner by him and it was soooooooo good! It really changed my perception of middle eastern life and showed the importance of friendship and the strength of family.
ReplyDeleteI really want to read this book because I like The Kite Runner so much. I am going to sign up to read it for our class.
ReplyDeleteI would like to read this as well, it sounds very interesting. I have never read the Kite Runner either, so those two may be a good idea for this upcoming summer.
ReplyDeleteI started The Kite Runner and it's so good so far, as soon as i'm done i want to read A Thousand Splendid Suns so you have to tell me how it is! I've heard every book by Hosseini is incredible.
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