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A Thousand Splendid Suns

By Khaled Hosseini

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| Others | 9780747593508

Book Description

After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and with four million copies of The Kite Runner shipped, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today.

Propelled by the same sContinue

After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and with four million copies of The Kite Runner shipped, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today.

Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love.

Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul-they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival.

A stunning accomplishment, A Thousand Splendid Suns is a haunting, heartbreaking, compelling story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love.

12 Reviews

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    I had to read this book after reading Hosseini's, The Kite Runner. His writing style is intense and realistic. He writes with lucidity and emotion. I was moved to tears in both books. What I especially loved about, A Thousand Splendid Suns was the friendship the women made in most terrible of circum ... (continue)

    I had to read this book after reading Hosseini's, The Kite Runner. His writing style is intense and realistic. He writes with lucidity and emotion. I was moved to tears in both books. What I especially loved about, A Thousand Splendid Suns was the friendship the women made in most terrible of circumstances. Five stars *****

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    ― Sapphire Apple said on May 5, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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    VERY good book!!! I wish I wouldn't have waited so long to read it now! I was mostly afraid it would be full of politics I couldn't understand, but it wasn't. I recommend this book to everyone!! It's been a while since I've read a book where I actually fall in love with some characters and hate oth ... (continue)

    VERY good book!!! I wish I wouldn't have waited so long to read it now! I was mostly afraid it would be full of politics I couldn't understand, but it wasn't. I recommend this book to everyone!! It's been a while since I've read a book where I actually fall in love with some characters and hate others, this was that kind of book. These characters will stay with me for a long time.

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    ― mndy said on Feb 28, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • It was painful to read. He is a great author, the kite runner was amazing. But this was too much. I finished it because I needed to know the ending. But it was hard, there is just too much suffering. Too much sadness.

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    ― VeraHuff said on Oct 3, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • a story that makes you think and be grateful of what you have.

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    ― Vickywt said on Jun 3, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | 1 feedback

  • A pretty sad story about two women in Kabu, Afghanistan. The plot wasn't as exciting as Kite Runner, but the style of writing and emotion has improved much from the first one.

    Mariam and Laila were coming from totally different background, and yet their fate and lives were brought together by ... (continue)

    A pretty sad story about two women in Kabu, Afghanistan. The plot wasn't as exciting as Kite Runner, but the style of writing and emotion has improved much from the first one.

    Mariam and Laila were coming from totally different background, and yet their fate and lives were brought together by an unworthy man, somehow protected them from the warlords that came and went. Though their rebellion instinct produced many wretched beating from their husband, the same stubbornness that brought them back to Kabu to rebuild their home.

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    ― artie said on Jan 8, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | 1 feedback

  • For me, this was better than Kite Runner. I felt closely connected to both female characters and was amazed by how well Hosseini was able to depict women. The story itself is heartbreaking, yet inspirational. This is one of my all-time favorites.

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    ― Jamie Rominski said on Aug 12, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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