A Thousand Splendid Suns
Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, the #1 New York Times bestseller 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.
“Just as good, if not better, than Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling first book, The Kite Runner.”—Newsweek
New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today.
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.
“Just as good, if not better, than Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling first book, The Kite Runner.”—Newsweek
New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today.
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.
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This is one of my favorite books I’ve read. It is beautifully written and sucks you in like no other. It displays the cruel and difficult life in Afghanistan, especially for women. The respect I had for these women was beyond compare. The story is riveting and emotional. Please read this book!!!!!
khaled hosseini never fails to traumatize me. reading this book, knowing these kinds of things are happening out there has made me cry throughout the book. i wish everyone struggling has someone like tariq.. and a great supporter like mariam..
The ways this book, this hauntingly beautiful writing have left a permanent mark on my soul. The unfolding of relationships, the love and the loss, the rebuilding. Phenomenal
I adore historical fiction and seeing through the lens of two different characters. It’s so hard to read about how Afghanistan turned into what it is today. The way the women were treated made me so angry at times I wanted to throw the book across the room. Which I would never do to a book. It makes me grateful I don’t live there. to a bear At times it was predictable but thank god they handled him. I was mostly happy with the end. Tragically bitter sweet as it is.
Oh, how this novel grabbed me about 2 young women amidst the turmoil and customs of present day Afghanistan. The Taliban are ever present, controlling women’s lives even as these women seek to develop themselves. At times hard to read, but captivating in its 30yr + chronicle of Afghanistan culture. The is author is an amazing story teller!! A 10 for me.
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