The author gives a forceful portrait of despotism where women are dependent on husbands and especially sons, the bearing of male children being their only path to an accepted social status. Marriem who is married forcely with crude Rasheed is a poor woman.She can't give birth to a child for 15 years. Then, Rasheed decides to take Laila who is young, intelligent and losing her parents. She has a best friend Tarık with whom she is in love. Tarık who has to move to Pakistan because of war. So, Laila can not oppose to Rasheed and has to marry with him. Despite all torture or hopes to come together with Tarık, she gives birth to two child to Rasheed. First one is a girl and the other is a boy. Even if years pass, women do not give in their destinies and make ally.
Do you wonder if women escape from their brutal husbund without catching?
Can Laila find her man who fall in love?
What is the state of children?
May these states are real?
It is a very effective and fluent book. You will feel everything with your heart. I strongly recommend you to read. Althouht years passing, its ifluence is still on me. I give this book 5 stars.
In a good book the best is between the lines.
References
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/t/a-thousand-splendid-suns/book-summary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Thousand_Splendid_Suns
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