The Patience Stone (Paperback)

A deceptively simple book, written in a spare, poetic style. But it is a rich read... It is without doubt an important and courageous book - Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns

This is a remarkable novel, written with a beautiful lucidity... it is a book which achieves what imaginative literature can provide better than any art form: it makes you think and feel at the same time - Allan Massie, Scotsman

An important and shocking polemic; it will outrage readers for the truths it reveals - Eileen Battersby, The Irish Times

We know so little about the day-to-day life of people in Afghanistan - and in particular its women - that glittering gems such as this ... become all the more valuable for shining a torch on a beleaguered and largely unseen existence - Metro

Her monologue is a direct attempt on the part of Rahimi to rip away the veil over Afghan women's lives... An act of political courage and a beautifully constructed, deeply memorable novella - Observer