![]() ![]() ![]() He is easily persuaded by an urbane uncle to sell his daughter, Pari, to a wealthy, childless family in Kabul. After he re-marries, money gets even tighter as the humble village into which he was born falls further into agricultural and financial despair. Saboor is an impoverished farmer whose wife has died. The tale is the perfect setup for the rest of the book, which revolves around the unspeakable division of a sister and her brother. In it, a loving father tells his young son a traditional Afghan story in which a div, a mythical creature that steals human children, robs a humble farmer of his favorite son. ![]() Unfortunately, I think the first chapter is the best part of the book. The first chapter in And the Mountains Echoed is beautiful and left me very excited for what was to come. ![]() What, exactly, is going wrong? And if I were to go back and re-read The Kite Runner today, would it confirm several of the reservations I have about Khaled Hosseini’s writing?įirst, the story. It’s almost a good book, but several things get in its way. But part of that strange, unsettled feeling is back now that I’ve finished And the Mountains Echoed. I wondered if it was just me, since the book got mostly positive reviews. Then I read A Thousand Splendid Suns and came away with a funny feeling. When The Kite Runner came out several years ago, I read it immediately and loved it, as did millions of readers across the world. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |