Three years after the 1841 British occupation of Kabul, news of the invasion still hasn't reached the remote village of Char Bagh. Here, the biggest excitement of the season is a mysterious vagabond who has wandered onto a nearby hillside. Is he a madman? Perhaps. But he just might be a God-crazed madman, a malang, a man with the power to channel miracles. And indeed, he does soon begin to transform the lives of the villagers-the brooding headman Ibrahim, his djinn-haunted wife Soraya, the headman's charismatic sister-in-law, the widowed Khadija... But the isolation of Char Bagh is about to end. The Widow's Husband, an epic work of historical fiction, is the first novel to tell the story of British imperialism from the Afghan side.
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Through another culture's eyes,
This review is from: The Widow's Husband (Paperback)
The Widow's Husband has everything we want in a novel. Human drama centered around a sympathetic character faced with difficult choices, a supporting cast composed of quirky people that feel real, and a tense story layered with subplots, each with its own tension, that keeps you turning pages.
The Widow's Husband does one better, and this is the trick to greatness. Ansary manages to put us in the mind of someone to whom western culture is foreign. We see the British from the eyes of an Afghani. He really delivers and because of that achievement, The Widow's Husband transcends from "good book, glad I read it" to "awesome novel, he changed the way I think."
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A Riveting Historical Novel,
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The Widow's Husband is comparable to J. G. Farrell's The Siege of Krishnapur, except that you get the point of view of both sides in the conflict. A rattling yarn about the follies of Empire.
Full of insight into Afghan culture, human nature, and the dangers of mission creep -- if you're ever tempted to invade Afghanistan, read this book first. A great story about East and West from an author who understands them both.
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Ansary draws you into his story from the very first page. I picked up his book planning to sit and read for an hour in the afternoon. I put it down when I finished it, late the same night. His characters are alive with emotion and intelligence. The lack of understanding in the clash of Western Culture with the Afghani world is both startling and sad. There is great insight into the minds and motives of the people in the story and the compelling events which conspire to create the ensuing tragedy. I wish that all of our politicians and every high school student in the country would read this book in order to avoid the repeating of historic events that are taking place once again today. This book had everything it takes to make a truly excellent read; a great story, insight into another culture, and perhaps a glimmer of hope in the birth of future generations.
Read it! You won't regret it.
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