Book review: And the Mountains Echoed

Pariisi lennujaamas tagasilendu oodates ostsin ajaveetmiseks raamatu And the Mountains Echoed, mille autor on Khaled Hosseini. Kohe, kui seda lugema hakkasin, sain aru, et see on sama hea või isegi parem, kui ta eelmine raamat, mida lugesin (A Thousand Splendid Suns). Hosseini kirjutab väga kütksetavalt Afganistaani elust erinevatel perioodidel, läbi erinevate tegelaste silmade. Tema kirjeldused on huvitavad ning väga tõetruud. Teose sisu on temale omaselt väga omapäraselt ülesehitatud: palju tegelasi, kes ei tundu esialgu olevat omavahel seotud, kuid loo käigus selgub, miks autor nende tegelaste elust kirjutab, mis neid ühendab põhilooga. Sellist raamatut on tõeliselt lummav lugeda. Tema loodud tegelased on ka hästi erinevad ning tugeva karakterijoonega. Kuna autor kirjeldab väga põhjalikult, siis uskumatult lihtne on ettekujutada tegelase välimust, tema kodu jne. See teeb lugemise palju rikkalikumaks!

Lugu ise on 3.aastasest õest Parist ja tema 6.aastasest vennast Abdullahist, kes on üksteise jaoks kõige olulisemad inimesed maailmas. Kuna nende pere on vaene, siis isal ei jää muud üle, kui müüa Pari ühele rikkale Afganistaani perele. Pari kasvab üles unustades täielikult oma päris pere, oma venna. Ta elab teadmises, et ta rikkad vanemad ongi tema bioloogilised vanemad. Abdullah on löödud, temas on suur tühjus. Ta lubab endale, et ühel päeval ta leiab oma õe!

Kui Pari saab 10.aastaseks, siis ta kolib oma emaga Pariisi. Seal nad elavad tavalist elu, kui nii võib öelda. Kui Pari ema sureb, siis saab ta teada, et ta ema polnudkui ta bioloogiline ema. Hiljem saab ta teada ka, et tal on vend. Seejärel hakkavad talle meenuma killud tema lapsepõlvest, mil ta veel oma vennaga koos oli. Küsimus on, kas Paril õnnestub oma vend üles leida ja temaga kohtuda??
Loos oli tegelikult veel väga palju erinevaid liine, palju tegelasi. Lugu on kirjutatud tõeliselt kaasahaaravalt! Soovitan väga lugeda!

//And the Mountains Echoed was my second book from Khaled Hosseini that I read. The first one was A Thousand Splendid Suns and I loved it. I heard that And the Mountains Echoed was even better, so when we were in Paris airport waiting our flight back I bought this book and started reading. I love how the author really writes so interestingly that from the very beginning till the end you are really inside of the story, getting emotional, imagining all that happened ect. He describes so well life in Afghaistan and it almost feels like the story was true as well (but it's actully fiction). This book have so many storylines, lots of characters to keep up with. At first there're so many foregin Afghan names, so it's a bit confusing, but I got used to that quickly. I admire authors idea and capability of writing how so many different characters are connected somehow..how at first you feel why is he now talking about that guy..who is he? And then soon you find out how he is connected to somebody you have already read about. It's crazy, but it makes reading so much fun! I also like that his stories go through different timeperiods.. It starts in 60s, then it's nowadays, there are also lots of flashbacks. 

The story itself is about a brother (Abdullah) and sister (Pari) who are very keen on each other. Brother is 6 years old and he is like a father to his 3 y.o sister,taking care of him more than their actual father. But since the family is poor, their father sells daughter Pari to a rich family who can't have children. Father of course knows that Pari's life will be much better in that family and she could have better future. But Abdullah is so broken. When he is separated from his sister part of him dies. 

Pari grows up, forgetting all about her real parents and brother. She moves to Paris with her mother and she grows up knowing she is her real mother, she has no siblings ect. But she always feels like part of her is missing, but she doesn't know what exactly. When her mother dies she finds out she wasn't her real mother..Pari is already old and when she finds out she has a brother she starts remembering bits and pieces from her childhood when he was still living with his real family. So, the question is can she find her bother and do they have a chance to meet?

The story has soooo much more storylines, so many other part of that story. It's truly amazing to read that masterpieces! I recommend highly!//

Book review: A Thousand Splendid Suns

Lugesin hiljuti raamatut "A Thousand Splendid Suns", mille autor on Khaled Hosseini, kelle kuulsaim teos on ilmselt "The Kite Runner". Mina polnud tema raamatuid varem lugenud ja ei osanud midagi oodata. Sain selle raamatu jõuludeks enda töökaaslaselt.

Raamat algab väga huvitavalt, mis mulle meeldis. Kohe alguses algas tegevus ja tähelepanu köitsid erinevad kirjeldused. Raamat algab 5.aastase tüdruku Mariami elust Afganistaanis. Raamatu käigus Marian kasvab ning lõpuks ristub tema tee Lailaga, kes on talle kui tütre eest (kuigi nad mõlemad on abielus sama mehega). Raamatus ongi nö kaks osa. Esimene osa on Mariamist ja siis hakkab teine osa, kus hakkab tegevusliin Laila elust...kuni nende kahe elud ristuvad. Tegevustik on väga kirju ja kohati väga jõhker. Autor kirjeldab väga reaalselt ja tõetruult elu Afganistaanis alates 1962. kuni 2003aastani. Kuna peategelasteks on naised, siis autor ongi fookusesse toonud naiste raske elu Afganistaanis. Selle, kuidas mehed neil oma nägu väljaspool kodu ei luba näidata, kuidas abielu on tihtipeale sunnitud, kuidas mees naist peksab, kuidas erinevate valitsusaegade (ja sõdade) ajal on naistel keelatud õppimine, kodust väljas pool käimine ilma meheta, nälg, arstiabi puudus jms. See on kõik selline jõhker ja julm pool selles raamatus. Ilus pool on hoopis sõprus ja armastus. Sõprus kahe naise vahel, kelle elud on nii rasked olnud.. nad on justkui ema ja tütar, aga samas parimad sõbrannad. Nad kaitsevad üksteist.. Minu silmis ongi see raamat lugu sõprusest ja tugevusest!

Ma jäin selle raamatuga ülimalt rahule. Sain sellest raamatust nii palju informatsiooni Afganistaani elu kohta. Lugemine läks kiirelt, kuna autor tõesti kirjutab väga huvitavalt. Tegevus on hästi tihe, koguaeg midagi juhtub..

//I recently read a book called "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini. He's most famous book is probably "The Kite Runner". 

"A Thousand Splendid Suns" Started very interestingly. This is what I loved about this book throughout reading..it'svery interestingly written and so much is happening you never feel bored reading it! 

This is a story of 5.y.o girl Mariam who lives in Afghanistan. Throughout the book she grows up and eventually her life path crosses with Laila, who is like a daughter to her (although they are married to the same man). The story itself is very brutal. Author describes very realistically the life in Afghanistan from 1962 to 2003. Since main characters are women, author focuses in life of Afghanistan women. Women are forced to marrie men they don't love, men beat them, men don't allow women showing their face outside of home, during war women cannot study, cannot work, cannot even leave house without their husbands. There's povery, hunger, lack of medicine.. It's very awful side of this book. But there's another side: friendship and love. Friendship between two women who both have had very tough life. But they are strong and together they are even stronger!

I was very glad I got to read this book because I learnt so much form it. I read it through pretty quickly because it was just written so interestingly. //