Under en strålende sol

Audiobook

Danish language

Published Oct. 2, 2013 by Cicero.

ISBN:
978-87-638-3269-4
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En storslået og farverig skæbnesfortælling om to meget forskellige kvinder, Mariam og Laila, der bringes sammen hos en voldelig tyran af en ægtemand og sammen må kæmpe for livet.

Mariams lod i livet er lige fra begyndelsen tungt at bære. Som barn af tjenestepigen Nana og husets rige herre er hun en uønsket datter, der forbitrer sin mors liv, og i femten år lever de to så godt som isolerede fra samfundet. Mullah Faizullah kommer ganske vist ofte op til dem på bjerget, og han bliver Mariams ven og beskytter, og Jalil, hendes far, besøger hende hver torsdag. Men mener han det, når han siger, at han elsker hende? Det er en prøve, han skal bestå den dag, Mariam fylder femten år.

Sammenlignet med Mariam er Laila født på livets solside. Ganske vist lægger hendes mor sig ofte med depressioner over at hendes to sønner slås i Afghanistans …

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Wow, yeah. This book is hard to read, because of the domestic abuse, but if you can stand it, it is also such a fascinating window into the last few decades of Afghanistan's history, powerful, full of tension. You will be rooting for these two women and looking forward to the liberation of Kabul as much as they did - will it be in time to save them? Even more poignant given that we have now gone back to the days of the Taliban. OK, don't despair, there are light moments! - one detail that sticks with me is when the Titanic craze hits Taliban-controlled Kabul - Titanic burkhas!

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