A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khalid Hosseini
"Every street of Kabul is enthralling to the eye
Through the bazaars, caravans of Egypt pass
One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs
And the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls"
One cannot close reading this book without letting a drop of tear loose from his eyes. And that tear is not only for the close-to-heart kind of characters like Mariam, Laila and Aziza but for all those Afghan women who could have endured and still endure all that which is humanly impossible.
Hosseini has a kind of writing that takes the readers to plane from where one doesn’t want to leave; a place which fills up for the lack of understanding, affection and love that every one of us might have savored at least once in our life. I felt this so strongly and effectively at moments of Mariam’s, Laila’s and Aziza’s childhood which he often revisits amid the rubble of war, loss, persecution and suffering.
There are so many touching moments from the novel and my favorites are Mariam waiting outside the house of his father Jalil and Laila watching the animated movie Pinocchio wondering its significance in Mariam’s life. This is the novel that made me feel that there should be a heaven here on the earth itself and not anywhere else, and that all those who suffer must be given at least a few seconds to relish its beauty; to dress their wounds both physical and mental. A must read for sure.
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