A Thousand Splendid Suns - review

A Thousand Splendid Suns describes the amazing story of Afghanistan in the last 30 yers and is a moving drama about family, friendship and faith.
The author, Khaled Husseini, after his first book (The Kite Runner) and 27 years after he left his country to move to the States, promised his next book would have been about and for women.
Infact this novel is about 2 women, Laila and Mariam, hidden under their burqa, who will meet in the middle of their tormented lives: the book describes infact their difficult life in Kabul full of fear for their tyrant fathers and husbands, isolation, resignation, but the novel is also about love, pride and bravery, showing how the strength of love of a woman for her family may push her to heroic acts and unbelievable sacrifices.
Once again, Khaled Husseini, immerses us into this troubled and misterious country, dating back to the age of the King, when music, western movies, birght colours were still allowed and you could see the face of women walking down the street, though the ruling mentality was the chauvinist Pashtun one, obliging most women to wear burqa.
For more information, have a look on the site of Khaled Hosseini.