Quotes:

well this is your home now

knew how far the door would open, before the hinges would creak
gutters separated the sidewalk from the path
once been blue- in kite runner also used blue to symbolise
we have a n understanding then
up the steps to her and down again
lost in her own street
It embarrasses me
Lost on her own street
may Allah forgive her
rock had lodged itself in her throat

Context:
Women issues.

Attention women:
You will stay inside your homes at all times. It is not proper for women
to wander aimlessly about the streets. If you go outside, you must be
accompanied by a mahram, a male relative. If you are caught alone on
the street, you will be beaten and sent home.
You will not laugh in public. If you do, you will be beaten.
Girls are forbidden from attending school. All schools for girls will be
closed immediately.
Women are forbidden from working.
If you are found guilty of adultery, you will be stoned to death.
Listen. Listen well. Obey. Allah-u-akbar.
Review:

Critical Reception

Published in 2007, A Thousand Splendid Suns received mostly favorable

reviews from all outlets. While some critics point to the novels flaws
melodrama, contrivances, simplistic charactersthere is almost
unanimous praise for the way Hosseini overcomes those aspects by
drawing the reader into story with his direct, explanatory style (Walter).
Most critics point out that the reader simply cannot help but be drawn into
the world of the characters as a result of Hosseinis utilitarian prose and
genuinely heart-wrenching scenes that help redeem the overall story
(Kakutani).
Natasha Walter of the London Guardian offers a similar assessment of
Hosseinis writing, but questions the very optimistic and cheery ending of
the novel: as the rains return, the cinemas open, the children play and
the orphanages are rebuilt, the reader cannot help but feel that Hosseinis

understandable longing for a beautiful return to life for the oppressed

people of Afghanistan has made for an ending that is just a little flimsy
(Walter).
Joan Smith, writing in the London Sunday Times, is much more
enthusiastic. She draws parallelsas do many other reviewersbetween
this novel and Hosseinis debut work, The Kite Runner, asserting that If
he cut his teeth by writing about his countrymen, it is the plight of
Afghanistans women that has brought him to realise his full powers as a
novelist (Smith).