Motifs

Relationships

"'There is something missing in that boy.'... I could see him searching, reaching for the right words. He lowered his voice, but i heard him anyway. 'If i hadn't seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I'd never believe he's my son.'" (pg. 24-25)

Islam

"I throw my makeshift jai-namaz, my prayer rug, on the floor and I get on my knees, lower my forehead to the ground, my tears soaking through the sheet. I bow to the west. Then I remember I haven't prayed for over fifteen years. I have long forgotten the words. But it doesn't matter, I will utter those few words i still remember: La illaha il Allah, Muhammad u rasul ullah. There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His messenger." (pg. 363-364)

Violence

"The tall Talib with the black sunglasses walked to the pile of stones they had unloaded from the third truck. He picked up a rock and showed it to the crowd... The Talib, looking absurdly like a baseball pitcher on the mound, hurled the stone at the blindfolded man in the hole. It struck the side of his head. The woman screamed again... The man in the hole was now a mangles mess of blood and shredded rags." (pg.284)

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