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Presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another, and how choices resonate through subsequent generations. Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and step-mother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Adbullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named, is everything.… (plus d'informations)
BookshelfMonstrosity: Sold by their impoverished families, the young Afghan girls at the center of these sweeping novels undergo long, arduous journeys, geographically and emotionally, before coming to terms with their experiences. Though centuries separate the narratives, both offer richly detailed settings.… (plus d'informations)
After having LOVED ‘The Kite Runner’ and ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’, my expectations from this book were sky high. So much so that I bought a copy immediately upon its release around 2012-13 and started reading it.
The result?
A DNF after about 60%. I could believe this was the same author who wrote the above-mentioned two books. But it was a Khaled Hosseini work after all, and I hated the fact that I hadn’t completed it. So, this second attempt, this time through audio.
The result?
A much better experience than the first time around.
The structure of this book is much different from that of TKR and ATSS. We start with the story of siblings Abdullah and Pari, who love each other tremendously. Fate however deals them a severe blow and tears their lives apart, almost literally. The book tells us the whats and the hows of this situation, not through Abdullah’s and Pari’s lives alone but through the lives of those who have a direct or an indirect connection to their lives. Thus the story jumps characters after every few chapters, beginning and ending with Abdullah and traversing through a whole range of other key persons in between. It is like knowing your destination beforehand, but rather than going as the crow flies, you meander through every detour you find on the way, thus ending up at the same destination later but wiser. The journey is exasperating at times, but if you keep your patience with it, you will get your result.
I am glad I gave this work another try after a decade. It allowed me a fresh look at the story without any negative bias from my earlier reading attempt. The book shows light on the cycle of misery that Afghanistan has been in, though the lives of its characters. Every character's story starts slowly and vaguely. This is what had frustrated and bored me last time. This time, I realised how each slow beginning builds up to an impactful finale. Every person in this book comes in shades of grey, thereby making them as human as possible.
Of course, it still remains my least favourite Khaled Hosseini work. It doesn’t come close to his first two books by far. At the same time, this book has a greater lit-fic quality than a cultural drama unlike the first two. So it offers much if you are in the right mood for slow literary fiction.
3.75 stars.
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Theme: life of love and heartbreak in Afghanistan after fall of Taliban, revolving around greatly loved younger sister given away to rich and needy Muslim couple, developed over six decades Type: novel Value: entertainment, some cultural and enhanced perspective (of other cultures and great needs Age: older Interest: 2 Objectionable: suggestive parts (held interest), some language, broken up plot hard to follow sometimes Synopsis/Noteworthy:
I love this book most because it is by an author with two best-selling books who did not just repeat his previous successful formulas but branched out for a different style of story and did so successfully. To me that shows growth and integrity as a writer, and I'm happy to appreciate all three novels for their own merits and not because I've like the author in the past.
This novel is more similar to a collection of short stories that have connected characters, but it is a novel because there is a specific thread that weaves the stories together. Each section is different from the others by POV, time, location, even style. Like short stories, the author has limited space with which to portray characters and actions, but each segment of this novel is as intriguing as the next. Each "main character" has depth and breadth and is likable in his/her own right. The scenes and time periods are also depicted with enough balance between detail and relevance. Selfishly, I like this novel in contrast to [b:Kite Runner|77203|The Kite Runner|Khaled Hosseini|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1309288316s/77203.jpg|3295919] and [b:Thousand Splendid Suns|128029|A Thousand Splendid Suns|Khaled Hosseini|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1345958969s/128029.jpg|3271379] because the subject is not quite as gut-wrenchingly tragic or difficult.
Presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another, and how choices resonate through subsequent generations. Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and step-mother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Adbullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named, is everything.
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The result?
A DNF after about 60%. I could believe this was the same author who wrote the above-mentioned two books. But it was a Khaled Hosseini work after all, and I hated the fact that I hadn’t completed it. So, this second attempt, this time through audio.
The result?
A much better experience than the first time around.
The structure of this book is much different from that of TKR and ATSS. We start with the story of siblings Abdullah and Pari, who love each other tremendously. Fate however deals them a severe blow and tears their lives apart, almost literally. The book tells us the whats and the hows of this situation, not through Abdullah’s and Pari’s lives alone but through the lives of those who have a direct or an indirect connection to their lives. Thus the story jumps characters after every few chapters, beginning and ending with Abdullah and traversing through a whole range of other key persons in between. It is like knowing your destination beforehand, but rather than going as the crow flies, you meander through every detour you find on the way, thus ending up at the same destination later but wiser. The journey is exasperating at times, but if you keep your patience with it, you will get your result.
I am glad I gave this work another try after a decade. It allowed me a fresh look at the story without any negative bias from my earlier reading attempt. The book shows light on the cycle of misery that Afghanistan has been in, though the lives of its characters. Every character's story starts slowly and vaguely. This is what had frustrated and bored me last time. This time, I realised how each slow beginning builds up to an impactful finale. Every person in this book comes in shades of grey, thereby making them as human as possible.
Of course, it still remains my least favourite Khaled Hosseini work. It doesn’t come close to his first two books by far. At the same time, this book has a greater lit-fic quality than a cultural drama unlike the first two. So it offers much if you are in the right mood for slow literary fiction.
3.75 stars.
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Join me on the Facebook group, Readers Forever!, for more reviews, book-related discussions and fun. (