Atiq Rahimi
Author
Series
Collection Folio volume 5043
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Français
Description
"Cette pierre que tu poses devant toi ... devant laquelle tu te lamentes sur tous tes malheurs, toutes tes misères ... à qui tu confies tout ce que tu as sur le coeur et que tu n'oses pas révéler aux autres ... Tu lui parles, tu lui parles. Et la pierre t'écoute, éponge tous tes mots, tes secrets, jusqu'à ce qu'un beau jour elle éclate. Elle tombe en miettes. Et ce jour-là, tu es délivré de toutes tes souffrances, de toutes tes...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
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...
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