
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
by Christina
Fiction — print. Riverhead Books, 2007. 372 pgs. Purchased. Set against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan to the Taliban takeover to the U.S. invasion, Hosseini’s novel introduces readers to two women. Mariam grew up in a mud house on the outskirts of the city with her mother, who calls her harami (bastard). She idolizes her father, Jalil, and looks forward to his weekly visits, but what she wants more than anything is to go with him and his other children […]
Categories: 2011 Reads, Fiction, Middle East • Tags: Khaled Hosseini