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From the Publisher: After more than two years on the bestseller lists, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel of enormous contemporary relevance. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years-from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding-that puts the violence, fear, hope and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives-the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness-are inextricable from the history playing out around them. Propelled by the same storytelling instinct that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once a remarkable chronicle of three decades of Afghan history and a deeply moving account of family and friendship. It is a striking, heart wrenching novel of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love-a stunning accomplishment.

Reminiscent of "Memoirs of a Geisha," this novel is a re-imagining of the life of Pan Yuliang and her transformation from prostitute to post-Impressionist.

Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father and resolves to win the local kite-fighting tournament, to prove that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan promises to help him - for he always helps Amir - but this is 1970s Afghanistan and Hassan is merely a low-caste servant who is jeered at in the street, although Amir still feels jealous of his natural courage and the place he holds in his father's heart. But neither of the boys could foresee what would happen to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament, which was to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return, to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

Aveva tredici anni la notte in cui successe tutto. La casa divorata dalle fiamme, il buio, la neve, le urla dei vicini. E tutti, mamma, papà, i fratellini, chiusi dentro. Solo lui si era salvato. Da quel giorno, nel cuore di Michael è sempre inverno. Più di vent'anni dopo, come medico volontario, Michael è ancora in cerca di un riscatto. La sua ossessione è salvare tutti, in ogni parte del mondo, per spegnere il tormento di non aver salvato una volta chi amava. Trascurando chi lo ama ora. Ma quando finalmente decide di affrontare il passato e di salvare il suo matrimonio, il mondo è pronto a crollargli addosso un'altra volta. Al ritorno nel suo appartamento di Londra Michael trova il cadavere di sua moglie Caitlin. Incidente o omicidio?