RaveThe San Francisco ChronicleTold through the alternating voices of two women, the story spans the turbulent period from the 1970s to post-9/11. The multigenerational story is set mainly in the city of Kabul … Readers will also gain a better understanding of the effects of what Hosseini calls the ‘cultural vandalism’ of the Taliban, which shattered Afghanistan's arts and culture, and the devastating impacts of Shariah law on women's lives … A Thousand Splendid Suns is the painful and, at times violent, yet ultimately hopeful story of two women's inner lives. Hosseini's bewitching narrative captures the intimate details of life in a world where it's a struggle to survive, skillfully inserting this human story into the larger backdrop of recent history.
