So, after finishing The Kite Runner, I really needed to read Khaled Hosseini's newest book, A Thousand Splendid Suns. And let me tell you, Hosseini's second book did not disappoint.
I read A Thousand Splendid Suns in two sittings (probably could have finished it in one, if I would have had the time!) When I had to put the book down to go to work, it really irritated me, because I needed to find out what happened to the two female protagonists.
This time around, Hosseini focuses on the plight of Afghanistan women. He shares the ordeals that Afghani women had to go through under the Taliban. Women who had once been doctors, students, free-loving spirits, were forced to degrade themselves and submit to even the most vile men around them. The book made me incredibly sad and fiercely angry for these women, even though they were fictional--I've read enough about how women were treated under the Taliban to know that what these women went through in the book was what women really did go through in real-life.
Anyway, if you have not read either The Kite Runner or A Thousand Splendid Suns, I recommend you run--don't walk!--to your nearest Half-Price Books (or order off of Amazon) and grab these two novels. You will NOT be disappointed!
I'm proud your reading these books! I can't do it. I get so wrapped up in the story that I am upset for DAYS. It's awful. I have heard really good things about both of them though. Keep up the good reading! Hehe!
ReplyDeleteOne of the best feelings in the world, it is, to find an author you really, REALLY enjoy and know they have plenty of other books to read.
ReplyDeleteHmmm...these blogs on books. Perhaps I'll write a Facebook note concerning my favorite novels sooon... ;-)