The Question and Answer section for The Swallows of Kabul is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The opening immediately sets the backdrop of the story, a setting that is desolate, empty, a place of battles and cemeteries..... a place barren of life. As readers, we are introduced to a world we cannot comprehend.... a world we find almost...
Language is always the key in exquisite description; rich detail which depicts what one is trying to describe brings every reader into the center of the description. Her language is such that she "shows" rather than tells; her language is so vivid...
Zunaira doesn't forgive her husband for the stoning. She won't even remove her burqa when they're alone. Was there something else she forgave him for........ giving up her job?
