1000 Splendid Suns

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Just finished this and it's on my mind as it was so brilliant.

Has anyone else read it and loved it like I did?

northern - Read my last post. It is not about every single boring detail of every day.

But just where do groceries appear from? He perhaps just didn't feel the ned to write that in that's all cote...

Hey Cote are you still interested in the S threads? There's a scandal going on atm because "someone" has threatened mn with legal action over them
and some people have been banned.....

I wondered where groceries appear from, because in over a decade Miriam doesn't have any human contact whatsoever. Even assuming nobody talks to her because she is a bastard (although they can't know that in the beginning) and she doesn't seek out company for one reason or another, she should at least have a bit of a contact at the village market.

Actually, it would have made a more interesting book if Hosseini cared to elaborate on any such self-imposed isolation.

No, not interested in S discussions. Too many weirdos.

Interesting that some people were banned. People who are on MN just to talk about S?

I thought the groceries were brought by her half-brothers. Left by the stream?

My book group felt that the 'outdoors' details weren't all that important. I assumed that Rashid did/arranged all the shopping stuff as part of his controlling nature. The group were much more focused on the close relationships in the book and to some extent the story could have been set anywhere. It depends on whether KH's main aim was trying to depict a country or relationships.

Anyway, I'm now busy reading a Melvyn Bragg novel, set in the Lake District - a bit of a contrast.

Had high expectations after so many people recommended it. Didn't live up to them, good read, but nothing brilliant.

suedonim, yes, exactly, that'a what I felt.
I also agree with chunky, I never thought it was an all time great, but do think it's a good read and really enjoyed it. I certainly wouldn't didmiss it.

Cote, yes, the people who only talk about Steiner stuff. Apparently that'a the reason they,ve been banned, but coupled with the fact that legal action has been threatened.Veryu obscure,b, because the rest of us, who post elsewhere have said the same stuff as them.
SORRY to high jack...

Wellies - That is at the very beginning, before she gets married and the rest of her life begins.

suedonim - If the book was based anywhere else, it wouldn't be a bestseller though, would it?

gotcha! thought we were talking about the first few years of her life at that point inthe thread

"If the book was based anywhere else, it wouldn't be a bestseller though, would it?" - I agree. This is what I was getting at in my first post.

Yes I agree. Author was definitely trying to meet his western audience's preconceptions/expectations about Afghanistan.

Can I also say that I was quite annoyed by the blatant sucking up to America? Not only the references to Hemingway, etc but especially Laila's father saying "Americans are a generous people. They will help us with food and money"

Toe curlingly bad.

Sure, the setting is the book's USP. I wonder if it would have been such a hit if he hadn't written the Kite Runner first? And what will he write about next?