Thursday, September 24, 2015

A Timeless and Tragic Masterpiece of Afghanistan




Off the Shelf
By Tolani Osan    |   Wednesday, September 23, 2015
I had a transformative moment on the rooftop of my aunt’s Lagos home at nineteen. I was getting my hair braided, as the sleepy Nigerian town below me slowly awakened, and reading Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner. Hosseini’s soulful writing evoked in me a new appreciation of storytelling. But it was his follow-up, A Thousand Splendid Suns, that has been anointed as my favorite book—a book I always revisit with a fresh pair of eyes.... READ MORE

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