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TLDR/OPinion: 6/10
Hosseini's harrowing microcosmic tale of ​the wider degeneration of his native country, Afghanistan, tells the story of its oppression and corruption at the hands of other nations and terrorists groups from the unique perspective of 2 children. The book travels through history and across countries, a tale of betrayal, heartbreak, inequality and redemption.
Book Reviews and Analysis
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW:
OF LITERATURE
1ST CENTURY
200's
300's
400's
500's
600's
​7TH CENTURY
8TH CENTURY
9TH CENTURY
10TH CENTURY
11TH CENTURY
12TH CENTURY
13TH CENTURY
14TH CENTURY
15TH CENTURY
16TH CENTURY
17TH CENTURY
MIDDLE AGES
18TH CENTURY
19TH CENTURY
20TH CENTURY
21ST CENTURY
ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE
ANGLO-NORMAN LITERATURE
MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE
ENGLAND IN ROMAN EMPIRE (BRITANNIA)
CONVERSION OF CONSTANTINE
Britons became predominantly Christian
dane invasion
Danish raids
1348 - The black death
1455 - The war of the roses
the morality play
1485 - henry VII crowned
Accession of henry v
1920's The Harlem renaissance
restoration and 18th century literature
modernism
WW1 poets
postmodernism
absurdism + futurism
black civil rights movement
postcolonialism
lake poets
decadence movement
transcendentalism
waves of feminism
modernism
abolition of slavery
realism and naturalism
pre-raphaelite
dark romanticism
be warned this is very approximate
romanticism
the augustan
amatory fiction
metaphysical poets
cavalier poets
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