In English
Goncourt 2008 · Winner
The Patience Stone
Syngué sabour. Pierre de patience
Atiq Rahimi · 46 when first published
Novel · 141 pages · War, Family
AI-generated summary:In a country at war much like Afghanistan, a woman watches over her husband, left in a coma by a bullet in the neck, and begins to tell him everything she has never dared to say.