“Suspenseful…emotionally compelling. I found myself eagerly following in a way I hadn’t remembered for a long time, impatient for the next twist and turn of the story.""—NPR
An Afghan American woman returns to Kabul to learn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives in this brilliant and compelling novel from the bestselling author of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, The House Without Windows, and When the Moon Is Low.
Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan’s thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, Afghanistan’s progressive president, and Sitara’s beloved father, his right-hand man. But the ten-year-old Sitara’s world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the president and Sitara’s entire family. Only she survives.
Smuggled out of the palace by a guard named Shair, Sitara finds her way to the home of a female American diplomat, who adopts her and raises her in America. In her new country, Sitara takes on a new name—Aryana Shepherd—and throws herself into her studies, eventually becoming a renowned surgeon. A survivor, Aryana has refused to look back, choosing instead to bury the trauma and devastating loss she endured.
New York, 2008: Thirty years after that fatal night in Kabul, Aryana’s world is rocked again when an elderly patient appears in her examination room—a man she never expected to see again. It is Shair, the soldier who saved her, yet may have murdered her entire family. Seeing him awakens Aryana’s fury and desire for answers—and, perhaps, revenge. Realizing that she cannot go on without finding the truth, Aryana embarks on a quest that takes her back to Kabul—a battleground between the corrupt government and the fundamentalist Taliban—and through shadowy memories of the world she loved and lost.
Bold, illuminating, heartbreaking, yet hopeful, Sparks Like Stars is a story of home—of America and Afghanistan, tragedy and survival, reinvention and remembrance, told in Nadia Hashimi’s singular voice.
© 2021 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780063008311
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 2 mars 2021
“Suspenseful…emotionally compelling. I found myself eagerly following in a way I hadn’t remembered for a long time, impatient for the next twist and turn of the story.""—NPR
An Afghan American woman returns to Kabul to learn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives in this brilliant and compelling novel from the bestselling author of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, The House Without Windows, and When the Moon Is Low.
Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan’s thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, Afghanistan’s progressive president, and Sitara’s beloved father, his right-hand man. But the ten-year-old Sitara’s world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the president and Sitara’s entire family. Only she survives.
Smuggled out of the palace by a guard named Shair, Sitara finds her way to the home of a female American diplomat, who adopts her and raises her in America. In her new country, Sitara takes on a new name—Aryana Shepherd—and throws herself into her studies, eventually becoming a renowned surgeon. A survivor, Aryana has refused to look back, choosing instead to bury the trauma and devastating loss she endured.
New York, 2008: Thirty years after that fatal night in Kabul, Aryana’s world is rocked again when an elderly patient appears in her examination room—a man she never expected to see again. It is Shair, the soldier who saved her, yet may have murdered her entire family. Seeing him awakens Aryana’s fury and desire for answers—and, perhaps, revenge. Realizing that she cannot go on without finding the truth, Aryana embarks on a quest that takes her back to Kabul—a battleground between the corrupt government and the fundamentalist Taliban—and through shadowy memories of the world she loved and lost.
Bold, illuminating, heartbreaking, yet hopeful, Sparks Like Stars is a story of home—of America and Afghanistan, tragedy and survival, reinvention and remembrance, told in Nadia Hashimi’s singular voice.
© 2021 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780063008311
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 2 mars 2021
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Anna
26 juli 2021
Stark! Nästa ord som faller mig in är "Trovärdig". Det ordet är inte att förväxla med "troligt flyktingscenario". Jag menar här psykologiskt trovärdig, utifrån bokens givna livsöde. Och vem vet...? Den här boken utmanar fantasi, förnuft och historiekunskap. De teman som berörs kan dock alla relatera till. Efter bokens slut känner jag att huvudpersonen har mycket att lära mig - både som trött samhällsmänniska och som medkännande livsdeltagare.
Ann
29 sep. 2021
En otroligt välskriven och intressant bok om en period i Afghanistan. Ett land som jag ofta återvänder till i litteraturen. Den är dessutom väldigt bra inläst vilket är tur när den nu inte är inläst på svenska.
Nino
21 apr. 2023
Loved it!
Angelica
13 juli 2021
En välskriven historisk roman om en del av historien som jag inte kände till alls. Boken beskriver också på ett levande sätt survivor's guilt, PTSD och hur vår historia färgar vår framtid, på gott och på ont. Bilden som målas upp av Afghanistan är mycket mer intressant och spännande än den bild som vanligtvis målas upp med fokus på talibanerna. Detta Afghanistan är något helt annat!
Maria
15 feb. 2022
I recommend this one, because the way the topic, Afghanistan, is presented and the description of the main character's day-to-day hardship is told. Though the book is sometimes a little slow, but still so worth reading. (I put the narrator on 0,8 speed. This was better for me)
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