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The patience stone, sang-e saboor, Atiq Rahimi ; translated by Polly McLean ; with an introduction by Khaled Hosseini

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The patience stone, sang-e saboor, Atiq Rahimi ; translated by Polly McLean ; with an introduction by Khaled Hosseini

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The patience stone

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electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

607932386

Responsibility statement

Atiq Rahimi ; translated by Polly McLean ; with an introduction by Khaled Hosseini

Sub title

sang-e saboor

Summary

In Persian folklore, Syngue Sabour is the name of a magical black stone, a patience stone, which absorbs the plight of those who confide in it. It is believed that the day it explodes, after having received too much hardship and pain, will be the day of the Apocalypse. But here, the Syngue Sabour is not a stone but rather a man lying brain-dead with a bullet lodged in his neck. His wife is with him, sitting by his side. But she resents him for having sacrificed her to the war, for never being able to resist the call to arms, for wanting to be a hero, and in the end, after all was said and done, for being incapacitated in a small skirmish

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