"deeply moving"

i just finished reading "a thousand splendid suns" last night. i was asked how i found the book. i answered, "it was moving."

i looked at the cover page just now and saw the Sunday Times review: "deeply moving". i now correct myself. it IS deeply moving.

now i know what a burqa is - and what it is for. when we were in genting, we saw many women in black burqas. they were covered from head to toe and only the eyes were seen. i thought they were scary. now i know there's more to it than that shallow opinion.

i loved getting a front-row view of another culture, another country, another religion, another time. i could relate to mariam. i could relate to laila. i don't know why... i am not in their shoes and i don't think i would ever be. siguro makapagbagbag-damdamin lang talga ang storya. sniff...