#A Thousand Splendid Suns

[bypatia]

book recs no one asked for: always coming home by ursula k le guin, why we swim by bonnie tsui, a thousand splendid suns by khaled hosseini, if you want feminist soul-changing, hopepunk, touches the veil of life reads, and educated by tara westover, all about love by bell hooks, the year of magical thinking by joan didion if you want real, visceral takes on love, grief, and being the master of your own fate, bye

[maryoliverdotcom]

reading khaled hosseini has just made me realise that the root cause of every bad thing is the patriarchy, actually.

[whereshadowslive]

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,

Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.

— Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

[therealdostoevsky]

Khaled Hosseini's books are like a warm hug from a dear friend, if that hug also made you ugly cry.

[whisperedyearnings]

I opened my mouth , almost said something . Almost .

The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had . But I didn't .

-Khaled Hosseini

[serendipity-in-love]

Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.

Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

[hyacinth--girl]

Tagged by dearest @novemberrules26 to share 9 books I love and I’ve cheated by including two trilogies but I mean come on they’re both incredible. Anyway would love to see @perennial-dream @binickmiller @heartvirgo @pianochordsandcobblestones 🩵🩵🩵

[books-till-dawn]

And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion.

Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

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[bypatia]

When A Thousand Splendid Suns said like compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman; and when it said, a man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn't like a mother's womb. It won't bleed. It won't stretch to make room for you; and when it said, I will follow you to the ends of the world; when it said it always falls on the sober to pay for the sins of the drunk; when it said And I wrote you. Volumes. Volumes; and when it said but the game involves only male names. Because, if it's a girl, Laila has already named her; when it said One last time, Mariam did as she was told; and when it-

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[blabbershere]

When you have lived as long as I have you realize that cruelty and benevolence are but shades of the same colour.

- Khaled Hosseini // And The Mountains Echoed

[therealdostoevsky]

I'm convinced Khaled Hosseini could write a grocery list and it would still be more emotionally impactful than most novels.

[cleverclove]

the mother daughter found family dynamic got to me :(

[pelideswhore]

CLYTEMNESTRA

Painting of Clementia // Herodias, Paul Delaroche // unknown art // An Oresteia, trans. Anne Carson // King, Florence + The Machine // An Oresteia, Anne Carson // The Prophet, Khalil Gibran // An Oresteia, trans. Anne Carson // A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini // mad woman, Taylor Swift

[wecandoit]

𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐...

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤, 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬! 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤!

𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝: n/a 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥: closed