The Patience Stone Av Atiq Rahimi

<p>A young woman prays at her husband's bedside as he lies in a coma with a bullet in his neck. From outside come the sounds of tanks, gunshots, screaming and, most terrifying of all, silence. Inside, her two frightened daughters call to her from the hallway. <br><br>As she tries to keep her husband alive, the woman rages against men, war, culture, God. Even as her mind appears to unravel, she becomes intensely clear-sighted. Now is her chance - her first ever - to speak without being censored. Her husband's body reminds her of the legend of the patience stone<b>,</b> a stone that hears all confessions until it explodes, and finally, spurred to new heights of daring, she spills out her most explosive secret.</p>