A Thousand Splendid Suns ****

Written by Kahaled Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner, additional insights of life in Afganistan are realistically exposed in dramatic, tender, violent, unforgiving, hopeless ways. The book ends with just a glimmer of optimism but the devestating reality of life in the country continues to be disturbing. The giftedness of the writing makes the reading of the narrative admirably palitable.