i have completed the book, "a thousand splendid suns". it is amazing how words can actually translate into vivid images in your mind. as i read the book, the characters actually personify into actual people. you can literally feel their pain and desperation. i can paint out a reconstruction of the surroundings from the author's descriptions. it feels real though it is a frictional story. events that could have happened in the real life. the contrast between a life rule by hopelessness to another life where love and compassion abounds. the last part of the book was especially touching. it told of a sacrifice made by one friend to bless another friend's life. i like the way they address a person as a brother or a sister. it makes people closer.