A deeply emotional story of two women bound by fate and struggle. Their strength and quiet resilience leave a lasting impression, while the backdrop of Afghanistan’s history adds powerful depth.
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A beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel of enormous contemporary relevance, from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Kite Runner. 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.
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A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
- Language
- Released
- 2008
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Khaled Hosseini
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Canada
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN10
- 0143054406
- ISBN13
- 9780143054405
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Religious Topics, Love, Family, Women, Classics, Friendship, Military Fiction, Relationships, Wars, English Literature, Violence, Loss, Escape, Fate, Bestsellers, Blackmail, Migration, Refugees, Domestic violence, Afghanistan, Oppression, Sexual Violence, Taliban, Victims of Violence, Kabul, Afghan Literature
- First published
- 2007
- Original title
- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Rating
- 4.45 out of 5
- Description
- A beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel of enormous contemporary relevance, from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Kite Runner. 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.