A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Hosseini weaves a rich tapestry of intrigue when the lives of two unlikely women become interwoven with each other when they are thrown together by marriage to the same man. This is not a story of bigamy as we know it in the western world but a realistic portrayal of the hell known as 'life' for women in Afghanistan.
Hosseini draws the reader in by his beautiful descriptive language of the rural landscape of Afghanistan but more importantly of the human story of these remarkable women. Literature of other cultures is vital in bringing to the consciousness of the rest of the world that many people live in very different ways to us.
Hosseini is a master storyteller and one to watch.