pickI've read many books focusing and educating us (quite rightly) on the traumas, restrictions and hostilities towards females under the Taliban rule. But what if you are an educated man that wants to hear his wife's laughter? Would love to walk beside her on the streets? Wants to see her face under the glow of the sun?
Here we see two marriages trying to hold onto humanity in a place where pleasure is a sin.
This book packs a punch.
Not the book I was expecting but fascinating nonetheless the less.
I purchased another Camus book as the first one I read, The Stranger was so though provoking and well done! The title of this one alone is intriguing!
pickPortrays the significance of empathy, love and understanding for one‘s fellow man and other living beings, the importance of showing kindness when it isn‘t asked for. A prime example of how turning a blind eye for personal convenience and being indifferent is contingent in allowing evil to prevail, usually when nobody is looking or notices.
Manchester Arndale book haul!
The Camus is a decoy. I needed something to make me look high brow whilst buying a book about Tinder that I couldn't resist, haha 😅
#AutumnPlease #Day14 #NatChessDay I read this one years ago, in the 90s I think. It‘s about a legendary chess set presented to Emperor Charlemagne by eight Moors, made of of silver & gold & studded with rubies, emeralds, diamonds & sapphires. #Scarathlon #SpookyGhostClub 6pts
