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The Little Coffee Shop Of Kabul (2000)

by Deborah Rodriguez(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 3

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review 1: "Bashir Hadi kicked a stone in the wall. He said, 'The only thing that makes the Afghan cry is war and hunger and losing an arm in a blast, and... people who think only about themselves. I am sorry, Miss Sunny, to talk to you this way. But there is a wise old saying that sums it all up: Shit happens. Excuse me, you are the boss, after all, but you Americans, I hear you talk in the coffeehouse every day and every night, revealing your personal problems. You expect so much, and you feel that you deserve good things to come your way, and yet you understand so little. You whine and moan over little things, and we're the ones who have to clean up after you."
review 2: This is a warm romantic novel set in a harsh county. Like the main character, the author had a suc... morecessful enterprise in Kabul and knew what a job it was to get a generator and keep it running.The main character’s name is “Sunny” and despite the recurring and wide spread abuse of women depicted in many parts of this novel, it has a sunny feel. It not a page turner, but it is a fast read. The content makes it something like chick lit with in “exotic” locale. The story is simple, and sweet. By the middle, you will know how it will end.The characters have a stock quality. The dialog is not personalized in any way, so that Bashir Hadi and Candace, while they say different things, have the same speech patterns and vocabulary usage. Some characterizations are sacrificed for the plot, for instance, Halajan who grew up in the freer Afghanistan could not read while Yazamina, who was of school age under the Taliban could. Regardless, you like these characters and care what happens to them.One interesting element is the story of Halajan and Rashif, both who lived as adults before the fundamentalists took over the country. In summary, this is simple, sweet and enjoyable, light reading about a heavy situation. It has the authority of being written by someone who lived and ran a successful business in Kabul for 5 years. less

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