Title | The Patience Stone |
Author Hosseini, Khaled | Atiq Rahimi |
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Tags | fiction, women, afghanistan, war |
Short book, long scream. It is the story of a nameless woman in Afghanistan. She is taking care of her husband who has been in a coma for weeks after being shot. Meanwhile the fighting continues around her. She must also take care of her two young daughters, but is able to find an aunt to take care of them, and once they are gone, she begins praying less and speaking to her husband more... frankly, starkly telling him her heart about what he, and constant warfare, have done to her. Not easy reading, but a book that should be widely read.
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Translator – Mclean, Polly Introduction – Hosseini, Khaled
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Publication | Other Press (2010), Hardcover, 160 pages |
Publication date | 2010 |
ISBN | 1590513444 / 9781590513446 |
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
Book Review: The Patience Stone
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