FROM BEHIND THE BOOKMARKSplendid Splendid Suns
Khalid Hosseini has out done himself in his new novel reflecting the travails of Afghanistan. Ravaged by one war after the other, the suffering of the innocent people caught in the crossfire of barbaric and brutal warlords. Slaughtered to the whims of a fanatic Government and bled in the overtures of imperialistic designs. A thousand Splendid Suns Captivates us as we are swept up in Hosseini's stunning art. His most brilliant masterstroke is the fusion of the tortures of Afghanistan and the Torture of his principle protagonists Mariam and Laila.
Mariam embodies the very travails of Afghanistan, she suffers the unrequited love of her father as Afghanistan suffers the blows of its own leaders in civil war. She suffers at the hands of her husband who woos her and then ravages her just as the Soviet Union behaved with this land of the afghans. Then Dies at the hands of the Taliban just like her nation bleeds and bleeds of all its culture and history while in their hands. A Thousand Splendid Suns follows the nation through years of its trials and it is a champion for woman and human rights. It remembers a nation that the world has left behind in the 18th century, and its women left further behind!!
It is Laila who suffers through these ravages and presents the picture of a hopeful revived nation after its liberation with the aid of the Americans. She and Mariam share the solidarity of women all around the world who are nothing more than second class citizens, and it is their sister-hood that strengthens them to bear the 'sin' of being a woman in a man's land. A sin that still eve's descendants are paying for even in India!!
A story poignant in the truths it reveals, in the message it carries. Revealing the bare and stark harsh reality many in this world live in. Emphasizing the need for everyone to be compassionate. It leaves in the reader a yearning to reach out and make a difference, to be the hand that wipes away the tears, to be the shoulder that shares in the fears. To stand for humanity! not just for Man-kind!
Khalid Hosseini has out done himself in his new novel reflecting the travails of Afghanistan. Ravaged by one war after the other, the suffering of the innocent people caught in the crossfire of barbaric and brutal warlords. Slaughtered to the whims of a fanatic Government and bled in the overtures of imperialistic designs. A thousand Splendid Suns Captivates us as we are swept up in Hosseini's stunning art. His most brilliant masterstroke is the fusion of the tortures of Afghanistan and the Torture of his principle protagonists Mariam and Laila.
Mariam embodies the very travails of Afghanistan, she suffers the unrequited love of her father as Afghanistan suffers the blows of its own leaders in civil war. She suffers at the hands of her husband who woos her and then ravages her just as the Soviet Union behaved with this land of the afghans. Then Dies at the hands of the Taliban just like her nation bleeds and bleeds of all its culture and history while in their hands. A Thousand Splendid Suns follows the nation through years of its trials and it is a champion for woman and human rights. It remembers a nation that the world has left behind in the 18th century, and its women left further behind!!
It is Laila who suffers through these ravages and presents the picture of a hopeful revived nation after its liberation with the aid of the Americans. She and Mariam share the solidarity of women all around the world who are nothing more than second class citizens, and it is their sister-hood that strengthens them to bear the 'sin' of being a woman in a man's land. A sin that still eve's descendants are paying for even in India!!
A story poignant in the truths it reveals, in the message it carries. Revealing the bare and stark harsh reality many in this world live in. Emphasizing the need for everyone to be compassionate. It leaves in the reader a yearning to reach out and make a difference, to be the hand that wipes away the tears, to be the shoulder that shares in the fears. To stand for humanity! not just for Man-kind!
2 comments:
Brilliant, take up literary criticism as a serious career option:)
thanks!!! thats pretty much my career as of now....thanks a lot!
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