They are both the paradigm of a modern Afghan Woman
They love to Live for their children, even if its a day longer
They fight the Taliban, showing stalwart support to Kabul
They are both married, unfortunately to the same (hu) man
It is tough to choose which is more bearable, bombs being thrown like water balloons over their kins, or being beaten black and blue by Rasheed, their husband.
It is my challenge to all my friends who love good books, that this book will make you shed a thousand splendid tears. Yes, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini is not as good as the Kite Runner, it is even better. After Shantaram and A fine balance (Rohinton Mistry) this book made my cry, not from my heart, but from my soul. At some places in the book, you feel like giving up your life to end their suffering, curse yourself for being an armchair lady and being so narrow minded to grumble over a job or a missed train or a lost guy or simply over nothing at all. Love is like a silkworm trying to survive every extra second, sacrifice flows like an ocean here and finally you reach a point where you can take it no more and you turn every page hoping Laila and Mariam will wake up to a better tomorrow.
The cover page design cannot be better. A lone woman, covered in red, surviving the winds of time, is heading towards a goal, which according to her is a better place to live in, with people to love and respect her, which have become luxuries to her. Food is a rare commodity, hunger, pain, distrust and lingering death her companions forever (?). Will she survive?
9 comments:
Wonderful review.....Reality at times stirs the soul......Reading your review made me think of one of sarat chandra chatterjee story.....the best part of that story was that everytime I read it I had tears.....It was based on the background of rural bengal....
Awesome review...I loved this book too!! Kite Runner was awesome, this was stunning!! :D
i loved this book so much and i too cried.. sply in the end.. when mariam kills her husband and when she gets the punishment.. and the last part when laila is happily reunited..
awesome book.. :)
and u. yes u. i love u too and miss u sooo much..Xoxoxoxoxo :)
really...this one did make my shed a thousand splendid tears too..
@raman sir
Will try to grab it sir :) Meanwhile, a hungry tide by amitav ghosh is awesome too.. based on rural Bengal..
@sree
:):)
@richa
good to see you comment cherry :):)
I cried when mariam couldn carry a baby and when she found out about Jalil, her father..
@praveen
true buddy ..
An excellent review Preets...This book is close to my heart...and this book made me to try a lot...especially when Mariam mother dies and when she was in the hand's of people whom she hardly know about..
@annapoorani
true.. and when her father lets her sleep on the street.. too heart melting for words..
What a great resource!
@anonymous
hmph.. and you are Mr/Ms???
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