A story of love, friendship and hope set amidst war. An intriguing and at times confronting book that gives insight into a woman's life in Afghanistan and the impact of the Taliban. Loved the narrator Atossa Leoni. ( )

Boka handlar om Mariam som berre er femten år når ho vert send til kabul for å gifte seg med ein 30 år eldre mann.nesten tjue år seinare rammar tragedien femten år gamle laila som som også vert ein del av Mariam si ulukkelege familie.med tida utviklar dei eit sterkt venskap. Taliban tek over styret i Afghanistan og kvinnene vert utsett for store påkjenningar. Det er eit fyrverk av ei bok.Hosseini skriv på ein måte som tek deg med inn i den verda han skildrar. ein føler ein er der, kjenner lukter, smakar m.m. Eg synes boka var kjempegod

2008 ( )

This was a difficult story to relate to because I've never experienced anything close to the hardships and set backs women were faced with in the struggle of the lives in Afghanistan and Kabul. Polygamy is normal in those country's. Women were not allowed to be educated and their life was to serve their husbands and bear children. Women were forced to accept a a brutal lifestyle of being forced to to live in the same house as other women they didn't know with the same husband. The poverty level in which they lived and the starvation they endured were outrageous and abhorring because they weren't allowed to work. This story was heart wrenching, and I believe is a must read for all women. This book is a reminder of how much we take advantage of even the simplest things, like food and shelter, in our lives.

After devouring the story, characters, and prose of "The Kite Runner," I was a bit hesitant to read Hosseini's second novel. Friends told me not to worry that "A Thousand Splendid Suns" was the equal of "Kite Runner "and in some ways better, and I have to agree. This novel delves into the plight of women in the Middle East during the time of the Afghanistan War and beyond. The author makes you angry, sad and happy in the course of a few pages if not sentences. Where "Kite Runner" revolves around two boys growing into men, "A Thousand Splendid Suns" takes you on a feminine journey. ( )