Author: Atiq Rahimi
Translator: Hee-geun Lim
Publisher: Hyundai Munhak
Hardcover | 228 Pages| 196*135mm
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About This Book
“For far too long, Afghan women have been faceless and voiceless. Until
now. With The Patience Stone, Atiq Rahimi gives face and voice to one
unforgettable woman?and, one could argue, offers her as a proxy for the
grievances of millions…it is a rich read, part allegory, part a tale of
retribution, part an exploration of honor, love, sex, marriage, war. It
is without doubt an important and courageous book.” from the
introduction by Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A
Thousand Splendid Suns
In Persian folklore, Syngue Sabour is the name of a magical black stone,
a patience stone, which absorbs the plight of those who confide in it.
It is believed that the day it explodes, after having received too much
hardship and pain, will be the day of the Apocalypse. But here, the
Syngue Sabour is not a stone but rather a man lying brain-dead with a
bullet lodged in his neck. His wife is with him, sitting by his side.
But she resents him for having sacrificed her to the war, for never
being able to resist the call to arms, for wanting to be a hero, and in
the end, after all was said and done, for being incapacitated in a small
skirmish. Yet she cares, and she speaks to him. She even talks to him
more and more, opening up her deepest desires, pains, and secrets. While
in the streets rival factions clash and soldiers are looting and killing
around her, she speaks of her life, never knowing if her husband really
hears. And it is an extraordinary confession, without restraint, about
sex and love and her anger against a man who never understood her, who
mistreated her, who never showed her any respect or kindness. Her
admission releases the weight of oppression of marital, social, and
religious norms, and she leads her story up to the great secret that is
unthinkable in a country such as Afghanistan. Winner of the Prix
Goncourt, The Patience Stone captures with great courage and spare,
poetic, prose the reality of everyday life for an intelligent woman
under the oppressive weight of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
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