sirinrob Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 i know from reading 'Palace walk' that there are degrees of adherence in Islam. the taliban view is very extreme, but even under less harsh regimes you still get men like Rasheed. Maybe it is more to do with unbalanced world views, just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 There are men who want to keep women down in any society and I think Rasheed would have been unpleasent whatever culture he was brought up in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 In what way do you mean unbalanced, sirinrob? It's an interesting thought, but I don't quite know what angle to approach the thought from to take it further! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirinrob Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 By unbalanced I mean that the slightest change that occur within that world view is seen as a threat to that world view as the world view is rigid but with shaky foundations. The reaction tends to be to make the world view more rigid, rather than strengthening the foundations which would allow the world view to adopt changes more readily, without the fear of it collapsing. Rasheed cannot tolerate any changes that he sees as a threat to his world view. The only way he seems to be able to cope with living is to live within a very rigid framework. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 I see what you mean and agree, the only way that particular and extreme world view can be upheld is by oppression and violence. I think that Cookie is most likely right when she says that Rasheed would probably have been unpleasant whatever culture he was brought up in, but the regime in place meant that there would not even have been social disapproval of his violence towards women at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirinrob Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Yes cookie is right, as I know from experience that their are people with rigid world outlooks who do everything in their power to maintain the status quo, regardless of the pain and suffering they inflict on others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 I see what you mean rob, the capacity to "live and let live" is not in their mental toolbox. it is not restricted to muslims though. I have talked to fundamentalist Christians from America at length and some of them are complete nutters. It is frightening. The ironic thing is that they think that they are diametrically opposed to islam and yet their world view is almost exactly the same when you go into it, eg women are being punished for Original Sin, AIDS is god's punishment to gays etc and all that. Oh and the US president has a direct hotline to God don't forget that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted March 31, 2010 Author Share Posted March 31, 2010 Today is the last day of this month's reading circle, although this thread will still remain open for any observations or thoughts about this month's book. I would like to thank everyone who took part, and hope you enjoyed the book and the discussion. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soso Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 That is by far the most griping book I have ever read I mean I just love it and what was so amazing about it is that you can never predict the events at all and the ending was just so sad and really very realistic at the same time . Khaled Hosseini is a brilliant writer and a great story teller:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 Soso, feel free to give your input to the questions we had during the RC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 Yes, soon after Mariam got married she had a miscarriage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinatin Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 it is an excellent book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Tinatin, we would love to hear more of what you think about this book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Yes, me too, I read it a few weeks ago and can't believe I'd left it on my TBR shelf for so long... I height I'd loved The Kite Runner but this was so much better, maybe because it was from a female perspective? It was almost nonfiction I learnt so much from it, over here, we think that watching the news teaches us about a country's suffering but it is not until an author puts what they have learnt into words that it really hits you as to how they really are suffering.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azshohan Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Hi everybody, I am also a very big fan of Khaled Hosseini. I've been waiting for his new book sincee his last book published! Now I want to get "And the Mountains Echoed". One has suggested me to buy a ebook from amazon store. That's okay but I also want it's hard copy . Do you know any source to get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Azshohan, I think Amazon would also provide hardback copies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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