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1、AThousandSplendidSunsKhaledHosseiniPARTONE1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.PartTwo16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.25.26.PARTTHREE27.28.29.30.31.32.33.34.35.36.37.38.39.40.41.42.43.44.45.46.47.PARTFOUR48.49.50.51.PARTONE1.Mariamwasfiveyearsoldthefirsttimesheheardthewordharami.Ith
2、appenedonaThursday.Itmusthave,becauseMariamrememberedthatshehadbeenrestlessandpreoccupiedthatday,thewayshewasonlyonThursdays,thedaywhenJalilvisitedheratthekolba.Topassthetimeuntilthemomentthatshewouldseehimatlast,crossingtheknee-highgrassintheclearingandwaving,Mariamhadclimbed
3、achairandtakendownhermother'sChineseteaset.TheteasetwasthesolerelicthatMariam'smother,Nana,hadofherownmother,whohaddiedwhenNanawastwo.Nanacherishedeachblue-and-whiteporcelainpiece,thegracefulcurveofthepot'sspout,thehand-paintedfinchesandchrysanthemums,thedragononthesugarbowl,m
4、eanttowardoffevil.ItwasthislastpiecethatslippedfromMariam'sfingers,thatfelltothewoodenfloorboardsofthekolbaandshattered.WhenNanasawthebowl,herfaceflushedredandherupperlipshivered,andhereyes,boththelazyoneandthegood,settledonMariaminaflat,unblinkingway.NanalookedsomadthatMariam
5、fearedthejinnwouldenterhermother'sbodyagain.Butthejinndidn'tcome,notthattime.Instead,NanagrabbedMariambythewrists,pulledherclose,and,throughgrittedteeth,said,"YouareaclumsylittleharamiThisismyrewardforeverythingI'veenduredAnheirloom-breaking,clumsylittleharami."Atthetime,Maria
6、mdidnotunderstand.Shedidnotknowwhatthiswordharami-bastard-meantNorwassheoldenoughtoappreciatetheinjustice,toseethatitisthecreatorsoftheharamiwhoareculpable,nottheharami,whoseonlysinisbeingborn.Mariamdidsurmise,bythewayNanasaidtheword,thatitwasanugly,loath-somethingtobeharami,l
7、ikeaninsect,likethescurryingcockroachesNanawasalwayscursingandsweepingoutofthekolba.Later,whenshewasolder,Mariamdidunderstand.ItwasthewayNanautteredtheword-notsomuchsayingitasspittingitather-thatmadeMariamfeelthefullstingofit.SheunderstoodthenwhatNanameant,thataharamiwasanunwa
8、ntedthing;thatshe,Mariam,wasanillegitimatepersonwhowouldnever