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Post by egalgirl on May 30, 2010 22:03:49 GMT -5
Awesome book by Kohled Hosseini [sp?] - the author of The Kite Runner...
Chronicles the fall of Afghanistan, the Soviet occupation, and the eventual rise and fall of the Taliban through the eyes of two women. Fictional novel, but the events are accurate - I learned a lot.
Made me think about the QF movement, because those living in Kabul in the 1970s would never have dreamed of life under Taliban rule. The scary thing is that Margaret Atwood predicted a society similar to this in The Handmaid's Tale, over 10 years before the Taliban took power.
[Yes, I'm a book geek!]
Atwood's book is written as an imagined takeover by fundamentialist Christians - but, taking into account what happened for real in Afghanistan, it's an important lesson for us to learn. It COULD happen.
Thanks again to Vyckie and all the rest of you for exposing this dangerous philosophy and for your part in fighting against it. After reading A Thousand Splendid Suns, I was reminded that this is no longer a case of "live and let live." It is a truly dangerous and oppressive mindset!!!!
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Post by krwordgazer on May 31, 2010 0:08:57 GMT -5
This was one of the hardest books to read, that I have ever read. The terrible injustices perpetrated against these women were so infuriating, there were several times when I almost threw the book against the wall and walked away. But it was extremely well written, and I finished it and was uplifted by the ending (hardly a fairy-tale ending, but beautiful in its way).
The male-entitlement mentality of the husband was something that is very prevalent among some Christian sects. It was easy to see how, if the entire society believed like this, something very similar could happen here.
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Post by debrabaker on Jul 27, 2010 11:22:50 GMT -5
Loved that book although it was difficult to read as noted above. It open my eyes and ccleared my sinuses and made me thank God for the first ammendment.
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Post by usotsuki on Jul 27, 2010 11:30:03 GMT -5
I've started saying "Atwood was an optimist" :/
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