The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi, translated by Polly McLean with an introduction by Khaled Hosseini
17 Dec, by in Adult Readers, Afghan, Fiction, Translation
Winner of Le Prix Goncourt 2008, considered France's highest literary honor, this disturbingly powerful slim volume gives voice to the too-many silenced women living "[s]omewhere in Afghanistan or elsewhere." Written almost like a dramatic play script complete with what read like stage directions – not...