📖 A Thousand Splendid Suns

Split into four segments across several decades in Afghanistan, A Thousand Splendid Suns comments on the conditions of Afghans during the constant power struggle between their governments and other countries. The novel begins by introducing Mariam, the illegitimate child of a wealthy businessman who is forced into an arranged marriage with an older man. At only 15 years old, Mariam moves from the home where she had lived her entire life, grieves the sudden death of her mother, and accepts the abandonment from her father, who refused to take her in following her mother's death. After several years of marriage to Rasheed, the war has escalated, and their neighbor's home was struck by a missile. In the wreckage, Rasheed and Mariam rescue the neighbor's teenage daughter, Laila, and nurse her back to health. After having lost her parents in the explosion, Laila joins Mariam and Rasheed's family. I recommend this novel as a fantastic commentary on the state of Afghanistan and its restrictions on women. Mariam and Laila face enormous struggles stemming from both Rasheed's temper and the government's strict laws against women's freedom.

《一千零一次灿烂的太阳》分为四个时段,讲述了几十年来阿富汗在政府和其他国家间不断的权力斗争中的状况。小说以玛丽亚姆的故事开始,她是一个富有商人的非婚生女儿,被迫与一个年长的男人包办婚姻。只有15岁的玛丽亚姆从一直居住的家搬出,在母亲突然去世后悲痛,并接受了父亲在母亲去世后拒绝收留她的事实。几年后,与拉希德的婚姻生活中,战争加剧,他们的邻居家被导弹击中。在废墟中,拉希德和玛丽亚姆救出了邻居的青少年女儿莱拉,并把她护理恢复健康。在爆炸中失去父母后,莱拉加入了拉希德和玛丽亚姆的家庭。我推荐这部小说,因为它是对阿富汗现状及其对女性自由的限制的精彩评论。玛丽亚姆和莱拉面临着由拉希德的脾气和政府对女性自由的严格法律带来的巨大挑战。