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This book is dedicated to Haris and Farah, both the noor of my eyes, and to the women of Afghanistan.  | |
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Mariam was five years old the first time she heard the word harami. | |
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Nobody could count the moons that shined on her roofs,
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▾Common Knowledge (short form) | Canonical title | A Thousand Splendid Suns | | Original publication date | 2007 | | People/Characters | Mariam Khan, Jalil Khan, Rasheed, Laila, Tariq, Aziza (show all 7), Zalmai | | Important places | Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan | | Awards and honors | New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 2007), Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year (2007.18|Fiction (3), 2007), British Book Award (Best Read of the Year, 2008), Book Sense Book of the Year (Adult Fiction, 2008), ALA Best Books for Young Adults (2008), Book Sense Book of the Year (2008.8 | Adult Fiction Winner, 2008) (show all 8), Florida Teens Read (2008-2009), Whitcoulls top 100, 2008 (25) | | Dedication | This book is dedicated to Haris and Farah, both the noor of my eyes, and to the women of Afghanistan. | | First words | Mariam was five years old the first time she heard the word harami. | | Quotations | Nobody could count the moons that shined on her roofs,
or the thousand splendid suns that hid behind her walls | | Last words | (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Because, if it's a girl, Laila has already named her. | | Publisher's editor | Tony Davis, Sarah McGrath | | Description | Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who is thirty years her senior. Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Laila, who ... (show all)must leave her home and join Mariam's unhappy household. Laila and Mariam are to find consolation in each other, their friendship to grow as deep as the bond between sisters, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan, the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worst imaginings. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction. |
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Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who is thirty years her senior. Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Laila, who must leave her home and join Mariam's unhappy household. Laila and Mariam are to find consolation in each other, their friendship to grow as deep as the bond between sisters, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan, the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worst imaginings. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction. | |
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SPOILER ALERT: I felt the author dedicated too many pages on the physical and sexual abuses lain on the wife. I was uncomfortable reading about the women's domestic suffering again in Part 2, was it necessary to mention the violence and humiliation over and over? No, it was disgusting, unpleasant and repetitive.
Some of the decisions the characters made just didn't seem 'right'. Mariam dared to run away from her Mother, why not from Rasheem, instead of suffering 20 years of his tyranny? If I was Laila I would probably top myself before I tie the knot with Rasheem. Laila and her Babi should've left town at the same timeTariq did; you just don't sit around and wait for your mentally unstable mother/wife to make crucial decisions when there is a war going on outside your doorstep. Tariq asked for her hand before he left town, why did she turn him down?
Kite Runner's plot seems more plausible. (