Lit: A Thousand Splendid Suns »
By Drift on Aug 14, 2007 in Lit | 0 Comments
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
KHALED HOSSEINI
RIVERHEAD BOOKS 2007
Following up his debut novel-turned-international bestseller wasn’t very difficult for Khaled Hosseini. “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” like its predecessor “The Kite Runner,” personalizes the plight of Afghanistan’s citizens, examining the cultural consequences suffered during the country’s revolution and Taliban takeover. Although Hosseini was applauded for his unflinching depiction of violence in “The Kite Runner,” the scenes of horrific abuse found in “A Thousand Splendid Suns” are even tougher to stomach. But those instances, like one where a husband beats his wife unconscious and locks her in a tool shed, serve to show the Western world the oppression and injustice historically inflicted upon women in Afghanistan.
