Shantaram is one of those books like A Thousand Splendid Suns that you can’t put down, but at the same time, you don’t want it to end either. The book has been translated into over 40 languages and has sold around two million copies worldwide. It’s an autobiographical account of Roberts’ life as an Australian bank robber and drug addict who escapes from prison finds refuge in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, and lives there for 10 years. Shantaram is a novel by Gregory David Roberts, who also happens to be the author. This is one of the books to read if you like a thousand splendid suns. This book is about how he survives for 227 days on a lifeboat with only one other human to keep him company an orangutan named Richard Parker. What would you say if I told you that the story of Pi is all true? His name was Piscine Molitor, and he grew up in Pondicherry, India. Undoubtedly this is one of the books like the kite runner and a thousand splendid suns, Written about the country ‘Afghanistan’. She can go to school, the market, and chaperone her older sisters as a son. The ancient custom of bacha posh, which permits young Rahima to dress and be treated as a boy until she is of marriageable age, is their last hope. Rahima and her sisters can only intermittently attend school and rarely leave the house in Kabul, 2007, because their father is addicted to drugs and they have no brothers. The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, by Nadia HashimiĪfghan-American The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, Nadia Hashimi’s literary first novel, is a searing narrative of impotence, fate, and the freedom to change one’s own fate that blends the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of Khaled Hosseini’s, Jhumpa Lahiri’s, and Lisa See’s works. She shares lessons learned in every chapter that apply to our modern-day lives. It is not your typical book about geisha because it tells their story through the eyes and voice of Sayuri. The story follows the life of Chiyo, or Sayuri as she becomes known, from her childhood to adulthood when she begins working at an okiya (geisha house).
The Memoirs of a Geisha book is one of the most intriguing books I have read recently.
If you’re thinking about what to read after The Kite Runner, here are ten books to read. This book has been on many people’s “best books” list for years because it connects readers with the culture of Afghanistan while also providing an emotional read about friendship, family, and forgiveness. The two boys are inseparable until they grow older, and Hassan is brutally attacked by one of Amir’s bullies, which sets off an irreversible chain reaction that changes their lives forever. It tells the tale of Amir’s childhood in Afghanistan, where he befriends Hassan, who turns out to be his lifelong friend. The Kite Runner is a story of love, loyalty, betrayal, and redemption.
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