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  • A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 25-26

    A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 25-26

    25.Laila could hardly move, as though cement had solidified in every one of her joints. There was a conversation going on, and Laila knew that she was at one end of it, but she felt removed from it, as though she were merely eavesdropping. As Tariq talked, Lai...

  • A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 23-24

    A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 23-24

    23.APRIL 1992Three years passed. In that time, Tariq’s father had a series of strokes. They left him with a clumsy left hand and a slight slur to his speech. When he was agitated, which happened frequently, the slurring got worse.Tariq outgrew his leg again an...

  • A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 21-22

    A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 21-22

    21.The driver pulled his taxi over to let pass another long convoy of Soviet jeeps and armored vehicles. Tariq leaned across the front seat, over the driver, and yelled, “Pajalusta! Pajalusta!”A jeep honked and Tariq whistled back, beaming and waving cheerfull...

  • A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 19-20

    A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 19-20

    19.I need to speak to your parents, dokhtar jan,” he said when Laila opened the door. He was a stocky man, with a sharp, weather-roughened face. He wore a potato-colored coat, and a brown wool pakol on his head.“Can I tell them who’s here?”Then Babi’s han...

  • A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 17-18

    A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 17-18

    17.The gun was red, the trigger guard bright green. Behind the gun loomed Khadim’s grinning face. Khadim was eleven, like Tariq. He was thick, tall, and had a severe underbite. His father was a butcher in Deh-Mazang, and, from time to time, Khadim was known to...

  • A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 15-16

    A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》Chapter 15-16

    15.APRIL 1978On April 17, 1978, the year Mariam turned nineteen, a man named Mir Akbar Khyber was found murdered. Two days later, there was a large demonstration in Kabul. Everyone in the neighborhood was in the streets talking about it. Through the window, Ma...