tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30235571.post629258637028817049..comments2024-03-12T06:18:39.696+00:00Comments on SlishaCrazy: Hosseini's KabulUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30235571.post-32637730128197349702011-07-02T11:27:32.939+01:002011-07-02T11:27:32.939+01:00Hello Sheen
Welcome to my blog. I recognize you a...Hello Sheen<br /><br />Welcome to my blog. I recognize you as the person who recommended A Thousand Splendid Suns to Jam. Do come by occasionally.<br /><br />Firstly, I appreciate different points of view. I enjoy an occasional debate as well. So be assured that I shall not delete your comment. And I thank you for it and for introducing me to rawa.org. I shall take try reading Zoya's Story sometime in the future. I also understand your feelings and I am glad to have met someone who has such strong emotional opinions. You are correct when you speak about the Afghanistani women. Yes, we were not there and we cannot even image the conditions. <br /><br /><b> Now coming to Khaled Hosseini: </b><br />I have as uncanny way of being able to differentiate genuine from fake when it comes to writing. I have always just had a feeling while I read this book that the author did not feel for the cause as much as he wants the reader to feel. But I did not check if I was correct when I wrote this post (or I just don't remember since it is 2 years ago). I just checked wikipedia now. Please know that not just you and I, Khaled Hosseini was not there either! <br />He spent roughly 8 years in pre-Soviet peaceful Afghan and below the age of 10. He has not seen/been victim/been witness to the Afghan in the book. I still am sure he cares for the cause a lot. Yet, I still feel that he wrote books for the western society and to make them best-sellers (like Slumdog Millionare for example).<br /><br /><b> Surprising Part </b><br />And while I was checking wiki before commenting, I also realized that the only thing that touched be about the book was not his own! The title "A Thousand Splendid Suns" was taken from Josephine Davis translation of the poem "Kabul" by the 17th-century Iranian poet Saib-e-Tabrizi !!! <br /><br /><b> Conclusion </b><br />So no. i do not think he wrote for the reasons you mentioned. I think he wrote it simply to be the best seller. Though I m glad he did make a difference to you and many others. Sadly, I cannot see past his flaws. Hence, I do not appreciate.<br /><br />PS: He was not subtle. In fact he was in deed too melodramatic. Hence, the comparison to local television serials!!!Twilight Fairyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229634396897096184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30235571.post-69884996857179460262011-07-01T06:33:42.739+01:002011-07-01T06:33:42.739+01:00Hi,
Much as I surely appreciate and respect your...Hi, <br /><br />Much as I surely appreciate and respect your views, I differ entirely from them! We have to be there to feel what went on. It's no attempt to make people cry or anything!<br /><br />The world has become such that we fail to differentiate fiction from reality. We aren't able to get/appreciate things at times, because we can't even begin to fathom the depths they are at! It wouldn't even begin to look genuine to us, because not even in our wildest imagination can we 'see' anything so ghastly happen!<br /><br />Khalid writes not to make someone cry or to beget best sellers, or even impress people with his writing style or story telling but just to show to the world, glimpses of what's going on with their counterparts somewhere around. It's 'the' reality, and he needn't make it 'seem' genuine!<br /><br />He probably didn't succeed in impressing you and many others because he let it be subtle, and didn't add any bit of melodrama to it. It's more a narration than a story--a statement of what what went on, and still is, with the lives of people in Afghanistan, and maybe many such places in the world. This is how it is with them...it goes on and on and ends somewhere. Life doesn't give people grand endings of life 'bestseller style'!<br /><br />His 'story' and 'writing style' are mere mediums to put forth what he does, and he keeps them plain as can be, to let what matters stand out.<br /><br />You may wanna give 'Zoya's Story' a try...or even visit rawa.org<br /><br />Well, I strayed over to your review, and couldn't but write you here! Please bear with it...or delete it if you may!sheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694256652340768849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30235571.post-72098301267307928412008-06-11T15:11:00.000+01:002008-06-11T15:11:00.000+01:00@madmanaint i just a sweetheart@madman<BR/>aint i just a sweetheartTwilight Fairyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229634396897096184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30235571.post-89275759457707640452008-06-11T12:37:00.000+01:002008-06-11T12:37:00.000+01:00it's given me a madman after all...awwww, thats to...<I><BR/>it's given me a madman after all...<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>awwww, thats too sweet.madmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17135798489095633481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30235571.post-51230745836805937012008-06-09T13:56:00.000+01:002008-06-09T13:56:00.000+01:00@madmanof course.. it's given me a madman after al...@madman<BR/>of course.. it's given me a madman after all...Twilight Fairyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229634396897096184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30235571.post-68882607789169574452008-06-09T09:42:00.000+01:002008-06-09T09:42:00.000+01:00ya ya, you need to do ur share to the society too....ya ya, you need to do ur share to the society too..madmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17135798489095633481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30235571.post-53630630903855523002008-06-04T14:51:00.000+01:002008-06-04T14:51:00.000+01:00@madmannot wastage of google space.. its a warning...@madman<BR/>not wastage of google space.. its a warning to mankind :DTwilight Fairyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229634396897096184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30235571.post-71874699183300477862008-06-04T09:25:00.000+01:002008-06-04T09:25:00.000+01:00Bottom line: I can't appreciate Khaled Hosseini. I...<I><BR/>Bottom line: I can't appreciate Khaled Hosseini. I guess I shouldn't be reading his books.</I><BR/><BR/>why do U go ahead and write a post about, I mean why waste google's space.<BR/><BR/><BR/>n ya,<BR/>the kite runner got all popular n all, so this guy came out with another book befor people forgot kite runner so that he cud use the name to earn money.<BR/><BR/><BR/>this is wat movi stars do, they sign new movies befor the current one releases.madmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17135798489095633481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30235571.post-41807649608376408942008-06-04T08:06:00.000+01:002008-06-04T08:06:00.000+01:00@madmanyes it was difficult to go through with it ...@madman<BR/>yes it was difficult to go through with it till the end...Twilight Fairyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229634396897096184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30235571.post-33206881151703957212008-06-03T17:25:00.000+01:002008-06-03T17:25:00.000+01:002 fairy: I dunno if u managed to read thru the kit...2 fairy: <BR/><BR/>I dunno if u managed to read thru the kite runner, I couldn read more than half of the book, I lost interest in every way possible.<BR/><BR/>it kinda made me yawn//madmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17135798489095633481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30235571.post-17703514128657124022008-06-03T15:22:00.000+01:002008-06-03T15:22:00.000+01:00@puppet:D@puppet<BR/>:DTwilight Fairyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229634396897096184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30235571.post-1744225472404293572008-06-03T14:51:00.000+01:002008-06-03T14:51:00.000+01:00Shhhh... not so loud!!Shhhh... not so loud!!Puppethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254851544218458494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30235571.post-41113449662844417992008-06-03T08:57:00.000+01:002008-06-03T08:57:00.000+01:00@puppetBut you n i are never "left out" are we ??W...@puppet<BR/>But you n i are never "left out" are we ??<BR/>We are always different..! :)Twilight Fairyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229634396897096184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30235571.post-37028432800316076632008-06-03T08:05:00.000+01:002008-06-03T08:05:00.000+01:00Just because it didn't touch my heart.Dont you fee...<I>Just because it didn't touch my heart.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Dont you feel left out.. The trick is to make yourself believe that it did affect you... It may be fake... but reality is not real unless you have fakeness... I dont even know what that means...Puppethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254851544218458494noreply@blogger.com