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A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
i have never felt so moved by a book as i have by a thousand splendid suns. i first read it almost a decade ago, when i didn’t yet have, or even know how to form, any real convictions about the world. even then, it left such a deep impact on me that i wanted to revisit it as an adult to fully grasp it.
and rereading it now felt like reading it for the first time ever again. i could comprehend the content lots, lots better. made it obviously all that more heartbreaking, but khaled hosseini is one of the best storytellers i’ve ever come across. there is a lot i want to write abt this book, but i often end up cringing at my reviews when i make them too long on here. therefore, in short, i will never forget reading this book, not when i was 12, not now. a thousand splendid suns reads as not just the story of mariam and laila, but also the story of afghanistan, it’s story in all its suffrage and what that has done to its people. and in a time where afghanistan is once again under taliban rule, it is especially important.
may the moons shimmer on her roofs and a thousand splendid suns hide behind the walls of kabul and all of afghanistan again someday, and this time, forever. may a free life never be a privilege to its women. may the allah they pray to finally answer their prayers
and rereading it now felt like reading it for the first time ever again. i could comprehend the content lots, lots better. made it obviously all that more heartbreaking, but khaled hosseini is one of the best storytellers i’ve ever come across. there is a lot i want to write abt this book, but i often end up cringing at my reviews when i make them too long on here. therefore, in short, i will never forget reading this book, not when i was 12, not now. a thousand splendid suns reads as not just the story of mariam and laila, but also the story of afghanistan, it’s story in all its suffrage and what that has done to its people. and in a time where afghanistan is once again under taliban rule, it is especially important.
may the moons shimmer on her roofs and a thousand splendid suns hide behind the walls of kabul and all of afghanistan again someday, and this time, forever. may a free life never be a privilege to its women. may the allah they pray to finally answer their prayers