Title: A Thousand Splendid Suns.
Author: Khaled Hosseini.
The story spans three decades in the lives of Mariam and Laila and the culture in Afghanistan during anti-Soviet jihad, Taliban, Al qaeda and civil war. The author is spectacular in the way he describes the women and their ignorance to this brutal society that they are sheltered from.
The book was so sad and cruel, it made me angry at times to know that people -- not just women -- are treated so poorly and still find the strength to go on. To live. It was bittersweet. I couldn't put it down.
One of the best books I ever read.
Fiction; rated 5 out of 5.
Reviewed by Anonymous.
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