I finished reading The Kite
Runner by Khaled Hosseini sometime back I couldn’t imagine a more eye-opening,
heartbreaking story of life in Afghanistan. As soon as I heard that his second
book "A Thousand Splendid Suns" was out, I ran to the book store,
anticipating another emotional roller-coaster as his previous novel and it was
even better! I found myself reading the books in every situation I could.
The way he narrates his stories,
somewhere reverberates with your deeper inside. If you’ve ever read a Khaled
Hosseini book, you will understand why I say this. Hosseini’s books tear your
heart into a million pieces, stomp on them, and then stitch the pieces back
together but your heart always remembers the stomping. In simpler terms, his
books make you aware of the evil in the world, and the way it destructs
innocence and pure goodness, and then they end and leave you to continue with
your life with the knowledge of this evil.
While not being particularly
knowledgable of the culture, religion or background of the books, I have
found myself enriched through their teachings. The stories have given me a
window into Afghanistan culture where the country’s wounds have been patched up
time and time again. The hardships of the few in the books are in fact the
hardships of many in reality. I found myself teary-eyed and empathising with
the characters, rooting for them in their triumphs and sorrowful in their
losses.
I am looking forward to
purchasing the next book in the series - ‘And The Mountains
Echoed.’ It's time to prepare myself for a similar reading experience.
