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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (view source)
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The subject matter is weighty. The book is not. It's a light, romantic read with some purple prose set against the background of one of the most significant conflicts of our time. There's nothing wrong with that at all. If you like this kind of read, you'll love it. Bookbag would enjoy it as a holiday read. If the rave reviews, the award shortlists and the hyperbole have made you buy it, you're going to be severely disappointed.
If you want to read about women in Afghanistan, try Christina Lamb's [[''The Sewing Circles of Herat]] '' - her journalism is as lyric as any novel.
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