The Bookseller of Kabul

So far, I like the book. I think it does a good job establishing certain themes within the novel and it is going to develop them further through the use of rhetorical devices. One of the themes I noted was the theme of freedom and democracy. Especially when it comes to gender roles, this theme plays an important role in the novel. For instance, polygamy and arranged marriages appear as aspects of this theme. Another theme I noticed is culture, between the comparisons between culture in Afghanistan throughout different time periods and the comparisons between Afghani culture and western culture, this is a prominent theme. The biggest theme in the book is freedom of knowledge and censorship. This plays the largest theme in the most basic plot of the book, but it also appears in smaller scenarios. I think, the rhetorical devices in the book may reflect back on this theme, in an attempt by the author to further the most basic idea of the novel.