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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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With heart-wrenching power and suspense, the bestselling author of "The Kite Runner" 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 that is often the key to survival.
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THE RICHARD & JUDY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
‘A suspenseful epic’ Daily Telegraph
‘A triumph’ Financial Times
‘Heartbreaking’ Mail on Sunday
‘Deeply moving’ Sunday Times
A Thousand Splendid Suns tells the compelling story of Mariam, who is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality, and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with startling heroism.
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Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns is widely acclaimed for its powerful storytelling and portrayal of female resilience and suffering in Afghanistan. Critics have compared it to his previous work The Kite Runner, often finding it even more compelling. The book is praised for its narrative strength and emotional depth, depicting a beautifully crafted, heart-wrenching tale with elements of romance and intrigue.
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ISBN: 9781526604750
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 August 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 302g
Pages: 432
About the Author
Khaled Hosseini is the author of The Kite Runner, which was a major film and was a Book of the Decade, chosen by The Times, Daily Telegraph and Guardian. A Thousand Splendid Suns was the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year in 2008. And the Mountains Echoed was chosen for the Richard & Judy Summer Book Club in 2014, and readers voted it as their favourite of all the titles. Hosseini is also a Goodwill Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Refugee Agency, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. Sea Prayer, his fourth book, was inspired by Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed upon the beach in Turkey in September 2015. Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lives in northern California.
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