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The Carpet Weaver

Written by: Nemat Sadat
Narrated by: Abhishek Ajay Sharma
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 Afghanistan, 1977. Kanishka Nurzada, the son of a leading carpet seller, falls in love with his friend Maihan, with whom he shares his first kiss at the age of sixteen. Their romance must be kept secret in a nation where the death penalty is meted out to those deemed to be kuni, a derogatory term for gay men. And when war comes to Afghanistan, it brings even greater challenges-and danger-for the two lovers.
From the cultural melting pot of Kabul to the horrors of an internment camp in Pakistan, Kanishka's arduous journey finally takes him to the USA in the desperate search for a place to call home-and the fervent hope of reuniting with his beloved Maihan. But destiny seems to have different plans in store for him.
Intimate and powerful, The Carpet Weaver is a sweeping tale of a young gay man's struggle to come of age and find love in the face of brutal persecution. Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance
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The love story at its purest form. Love sees no gender. The political chaos destroyed many lives so it did Kanishka’s. When you reunite with the long lost love and it destroys you further, you will an emptiness within. I love the story and the storytelling. Brilliant job!
P.S. I did cry at moments. Blame the emotional narration.

Marvellous story and storytelling

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Totally loved the narration.
Totally loved the story and it's flow!
Felt like I was with Kanishka throughout!

Must read if you are not homophobic!

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This being my first audio read I was sceptical about going with this book but having had read Khalid Hosseini I decided to go with it....now I am glad that I picked it up.
This book is brimming with faith, positivity and conviction, but throttles and jostles you with the ugly side of life too.
A good read. Wishing good luck and success to the author!

A Soulful Narrative

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The Carpet Weaver - Loved it! Just finished in one go. This book was on editor's pick and on my recommendations list. At first I was not sure if I should pick this for my first audio reading. And to my surprise it has everything worth it! This book has best voice and narration. Kudos to the narrator! ;) Equally amazing plot and I loved how the protagonist was so brave through out his journey and coming out.💛

Coming of age, coming-out, awesome narration

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This book is about the dilemma of all the unanswered topics of that someone who randomly has ever thought of atleast once, who had to struggle to be generally included, or someone who was being always questioned about one's own broaden perspectives.

It has successfully captured variance from the essence of Afghan to freedom of America, all it's tradition and culture, it's characters socially and politically curated, and has an interesting instance of a special rug - 'Garden of mystical lovers' - metaphorically representing the other normal side of gay spectrum, one that's beyond judgement and full of acceptance.

It's real, it's explicit, it's twisted, and the subtle art of weaving different phases of our simple gay refugee teen has to survive through, makes it an intricate piece of a rare Carpet!

A soulful personal read!

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