Nowadays I don’t have much time to read. Every time I go on my daily tram ride, I always bump onto my office colleagues and there goes my reading time. On the recent trip to Jordan I did made some mileage on my reading though. From Amman to Amsterdam flight, I spent the entire 5 hours reading this book! The story is so gripping that it was worth it. This is Khaled’s second book and he has already reached a fame status.http://khaledhosseini.com/
Who else can tell a story about Afghanistan than Khaled who is himself an Afghan. Although he only lived in Afghanistan for only 8 years of his entire life, he is 43 now, people like him seems to thrive when living outside their own country. His first book which almost everybody have seen the film ‘The Kite Runner’ was published 5 years ago. This second one was finished last year. So he is not a prolific writer. But when he does produce one it is a master piece.
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I recently read this book too and found it as gripping. Perhaps, because the main characters are female, I feel for this book more than the "Kite Runner".
However, don't you think some of the descriptions of the violence were a bit too Americanised or seen-through-westerners-eyes?
It's probably like that in Afghanistan but coming from a person who is not a pure born and BRED Afghan, I can help but felt it's a bit too one-sided.
Sure...it is looking from a 'Western' eye. I dont know whether this was done consciously or not as he has lived in that society for quite a while now.
But then the way it was narated does enable people to recount the story a bit easier. Otherwise it would be too complicated especially if one does not understand what is norm in Afghan's society.
But I really salute people like the author for bringing this story to the forefront. It really make me feel humble and really appreciate how previliege most of us are while others are just scrapping to live and suffering for the rest of their life. The story might be a fiction, but it is no doubt true in reality for most Afghans.
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