by Atiq Rahimi · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070416738
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«Syngué Sabour: Pierre de Patience» is the novel by Atiq Rahimi, published by Folio in paperback (137 pages, in French).
In a war-torn Afghanistan, a woman watches over her husband, gravely wounded. She barely knows him, but as the conflict draws closer, she breaks her silence and confesses humiliations and unspoken secrets. The title refers to the patience stone, which listens to sorrows until it bursts.
Winner of the Prix Goncourt in 2008, the year the novel was originally published.
A novel for those seeking contemporary fiction about war and an intimate look at the lives of women in Afghanistan.
Atiq Rahimi is a French-Afghan writer and filmmaker.
