New words

1)Treacherous – предательский , непрочный ( о поверхности)
2)To grin –скалить  зубы
3)To quiver – дрожать мелкой дрожью, вызывать дрожь
4) Inquire into –наводить справки, разузнавать
5) Frivolous – несерьезный, легкомысленный
6)To drench –промокать насквозь
7)Impeccable –безгрешный
8)Slander- клевета
9)To recede from –отступать от своих слов
10) To tangle –запутывать
11) To tumble off –спотыкаться
12)Ambush- засада
13) Сlandestine- скрытый, нелегальный
14)Lanky – худой и тощий
15)Avert- отворачиваться, отводить(взгляд)
16)-Whimsical-  причудливый, прихотливый17)To dissipate – растрачивать время, силы
18)To mingle- смешиваться, общаться, собираться
19)To decipher – раскодировать, расшифровывать
20) Doggedly – упорно, не ослабевая
21) Ragtag- разношерстый, имеющий неопрятный вид
22)Renown- известность
23)Indication- подсказка,указание,намек
24)Mitigate- смягчать, уменьшать( строгость наказания)
25)Crumble away –терпеть крах
26) Bargain on – быть готовым (к чему-либо)
27) Courtesy- учтивость, обходительность, вежливость
28) Unassailable – недоступный, недосягаемый
29) Blemish – физический дефект, недостаток
30) Rummage – тщательно осматривать, обыскивать

About the character

           

Hello, my dear readers. Let me introduce one of the main characters of my book. Her name is Parwana. She is an unlucky woman. Since her the birth the newborn was in trouble: The midwife had to free her from the cord that had wrapped itself around Parwana’s neck, as if in a murderous fit of separation anxiety. In her worst moments, when she cannot help being swallowed up by a torrent of self-loathing, Parwana thinks that perhaps the cord knew best”. She had grown up with her twin. Her name is Masooma. Masooma was a beautiful child. Everyone loved, admired and petted her, but Parwana stayed in the background. Only her mother loved her and took heed to her baby. When the girls began to mature Masooma received attention from men. In that time her sister was offended and was jealous of Sabour. He liked Masooma, but her unattractive twin was not noticed. As it usually took place, Parwana had fallen in love with Sabour. In that moment there were not any chances to be with him. One awful day, Massoma fell down from a tree. The sisters were sitting on the tree when a branch was broken. In that moment the Parwana could catch her sister. But it did not matter that she was cruel, because she even didn’t notice how she pushed her. The beautiful girl became a disabled person. After this incident Parwana felt her guilt but did not recognize it. Some days after Parwana married Sabour. Was it love? I suppose it was not. She was only another option for this man, who lost his wife and could not stay with his children without a woman supporting them. The character is submissive, maybe because nobody could see her as an optimistic person because of her life. She spent all her life earning money by hard work and taking care of her twin and step children. Parwana was kind to them and her loved ones.

About my choiсe

                  

 Hello, my dear readers!
 I’m going to introduce the book which I decided to read. It’s called “And the mountains echoed” by Khaled Hossein. Why did I choose this book? Well, it’s fair to say I wanted to read something about our life. I had many ideas about it, but finally I fixed on this historical fiction drama.  I hope that it’s what I was looking for.  

At the begging some words about the author. To say the truth ,I  haven’t heard about him before.  So, Khaled Hosseini was born in Afghanistan and moved to the USA. That’s why people call him like an Afghan-born American novelist. Before he published his first novel “The Kite Runner” in 2003 , he was a physician .Following the success of "The Kite Runner", he decided to stop practicing medicine and became a full-time writer. In 2007 the writer published his second novel "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and it is also set in Afghanistan like his the first book . May be unfortunately I haven’t read them. People say they are really interesting. If I enjoy my choice I will read all his books. The third novel(which I am going to read)  is a bit different from previous ones. Hosseini said: 
 "I am forever drawn to family as a recurring central theme of my writing. My earlier novels were at heart tales of fatherhood and motherhood. My new novel is a multi-generational family story as well, this time revolving around brothers and sisters, and the ways in which they love, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for each other. I am thrilled at the chance to share this book with my readers."

I think it will be interesting to read not about life of people who live in Europe or America, but about life of the Eastern people.  This novel has written about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. 



With love,
Ann