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An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner.

An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner.

Posts Tagged «Junior Non-Fiction»

Apr 07 2008

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Posted by: Alan in Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Geography, Junior Non-Fiction, Monday, Photography

First, my thanks to Techfun for suggesting this one to me. It’s taken me an awful long time to read it but I have and I’m glad I did. In Friday’s post I pointed out that art can be much more effective than traditional in conveying complex realities. I believe that A Thousand Splendid Suns is an excellent example of a novel that conveys the complex and messy truths of the real life story through novels that, imho, do a better job than history books sometimes in educating a mind about a particular place and peoples. I previously posted about Gary Geddes’ Kingdom Of Ten Thousand Things which touches briefly on the plight of present day Afghanistan before rushing off to pursue a very different main theme.