I have finally finished reading “Memoir of Geisha”. While I can’t say that it is not a good read, I can’t say that it got me hooked either. In fact, I struggled at the beginning to keep myself interested in the book because of some strong reviews of friends, and later it took me ages to finish. Nevertheless, the whole setting of the life and culture of Geisha is very rich in the book. It is worth the read!
Anyway, I put “Memoir of Geisha” aside and picked up ‘The Kite Runner” for Khaled Al Husseni. I wanted to read this book for a very long time now. I never managed to buy it, but then got it as a gift last month from a very sweet friend. The book instantly got me hooked! Not just for the style of writing, but also for the amount of information in it, the cultural aspect and the engaging story.
In the very few first chapters, I got touched with this short story written by the main character in the novel. It talks about a poor happy man with a cup that can translate tears into pearls. Since the poor man is happy in his life, he never tears, and thus never managed to get those pearls. He, then, started upsetting himself in order to get those pearls. The more upset he is, the more pearls he got. With time, he became a greedy person, and ended up sitting on a pile of pearls weeping with his slated wife’s body in his arms!
The story hit me hard as I have been facing some stress recently trying to engage myself in different projects in order to be able to gain more money. I think that it had ate from my happiness which is something that I shouldn’t compromise. I know that many people have fall into such pit and lost their happiness in the process. The answer of bringing money may not be of doing more work that eats of your happiness, it can very well be by coming up with a creative smart way to do so. The man in the story could have easily shed tears by using onions instead of going down the lane of making himself unhappy!
Fadi Zaghmout فادي زغموت 
And to have that creative suggestion from his simple uneducated friend … it is really an amazing story and the morale is clear …I loved both books by the way … both are great reads in a lot of different ways 🙂
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Great Story, I was thinking of buying the novel for a while, but never had anyone telling me what he thinks about it, I guess that means it’s worth reading.
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khalida, maybe you are right, both are great reads 🙂Tha2ir, you have to read it. I can lend you mine when I finish 🙂
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It is worth reading 🙂 I am reading Brida By Paulo Coelho and that got me hooked from the first page… 🙂 I will read the Kite runner again soon too!
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that’s s nice of you,, but I guess I should buy it myself. I like owing my books, and by the way, you lend your books!!I never do that anymore, they for most of the time never come back!
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life, I can’t wait to read Brida as well! You ll tell me more about it when i see you :). Thanks for the books xxTha2er, yes, I do lend my books. Actually i feel better about it now after I read something Paulo Coelho once said. Books shouldnt not stay idle collecting the dust. People can use the information in it 🙂
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i have learned, by experience, to fake a smile,, but for so damn long now, i am trying to fake a tear,, so damn hard man,, actually its even hard to squeeze your eye balls for a real a tear,, how about a fake one? but yeah,, onions will do… or mmmm get married!! 😉
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hamzah, lol! Get married would do 😛 hehehe
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Very nice story … I didn’t actually read the book. Instead I watched the movie. The movie was affecting and well-performed. However, they didn’t mention this story.I think this is one of the advantages of reading the novel over watching the film.By the way, I recommend his second book (A Thousand Splendid Suns).
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Kharabish , hey man, I need to watch the movie once I am done. Everyone is recommending the other book for me! I cant wait to finish this one to read it.
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I loved the Kite Runner, some how I can’t forget it. It was beautiful written, had alot of information that we can relate to, it touched me alot
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Ali, I am glad to know you like it as well! Cant wait to continue my read 🙂
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If only we measure success by happiness..
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I loved The Kite Runner, It made me rethink about certain parts in my life,and relate to the loss of friends and the human need for redemption. Honestly I was sad after finishing it, Because I didnt want the book to end. I guess we can learn and be changed in the core just by reading a “fiction” book,that is OH SO AMAZING. Now I got a whole list of books that needs to be read. 😉
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