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I enjoyed this book for Hosseini's skill with language and his gift for telling a good story. We are given a perspective on life in Afghanistan that is much more approachable than what we've seen in the news over the last few years, and a much more digestible perspective on how the Taliban came to the country and what it's done to the people who've lived through its occupation.
I will acknowledge that there are many coincidences that seem to resolve some of the plot elements a little too conveniently, and the final solution to Sohrab's dilemma is just a little too neatly crafted, but overall the story is well-written and satisfying at its end.
I suspect that its film version will be well-regarded, but having read this novel, there is no reason for me to see the movie. Hossein's narrative style is extremely visual, and this novel reads cinematically. If the film omits anything from the novel, the story will be diminished, and there is nothing to add that will improve it. A violent act performed on a child is a central event in the story, and I would anticipate that a big screen portrayal of that event will be disturbing regardless of how it is presented.
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smacn27076, January 11, 2008
I enjoyed this book for Hosseini's skill with language and his gift for telling a good story. We are given a perspective on life in Afghanistan that is much more approachable than what we've seen in the news over the last few years, and a much more digestible perspective on how the Taliban came to the country and what it's done to the people who've lived through its occupation.I will acknowledge that there are many coincidences that seem to resolve some of the plot elements a little too conveniently, and the final solution to Sohrab's dilemma is just a little too neatly crafted, but overall the story is well-written and satisfying at its end.
I suspect that its film version will be well-regarded, but having read this novel, there is no reason for me to see the movie. Hossein's narrative style is extremely visual, and this novel reads cinematically. If the film omits anything from the novel, the story will be diminished, and there is nothing to add that will improve it. A violent act performed on a child is a central event in the story, and I would anticipate that a big screen portrayal of that event will be disturbing regardless of how it is presented.
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